Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language: Volume II

This work presents the structure, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions in languages from diverse language families and typological profiles. The current volume pays special attention to underrepresented languages of different status and endangerment level. Languag...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Paperno, Denis (Editor), Keenan, Edward L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesStudies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 97
Subjects
Linguistics.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Semantics.
Syntax.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319443300
ISSN0924-4662 ;
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-44330-0
Physical DescriptionXII, 1010 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Edward L. Keenan, D. Paperno
  • The Quantifier Questionnaire by Edward L. Keenan
  • Quantification in American Sign Language by Natasha Abner, Ronnie Wilbur
  • Quantification in Cantonese by Peppina Lee
  • Chicasaw Quantifiers by Pamela Munro
  • Quantifiers in Dan-Gwɛɛtaa (South Mande) by Valentin Vydrine
  • Quantification in Gitksan by Katie Bicevskis, Henry Davis, Lisa Matthewson
  • Quantification in Hindi by Anoop Mahajan
  • Quantification in Kusunda by Mark Donohue, Bhoj Raj Gautam
  • Quantification in Malayalam by Pilar Chamorro Fernandez and Lindsey Antonini
  • Quantification in Naxi by Paul Law and Qingliang Zhao
  • Quantification in Nen by Nick Evans
  • Quantification in Nungon by Hannah Sarvasy
  • Quantification in Persian by Maziar Toosarvandani and Hayedeh Nasser
  • Quantification in Q'anjob'al by Kathleen Chase O'Flynn
  • Quantification in Imbabura Quichua by Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Cansada Martin, Pamela Munro, and Jos Tellings
  • Quantifiers in Russian Sign Language by Vadim Kimmelman
  • Quantifiers in Turkish by Deniz Ozyıldız
  • Quantification in Kenyah Uma Baha by Deborah J.M. Wong and Iara Mantenuto
  • Quantification in Warlpiri by Margit Bowler
  • Overview by Edward L. Keenan, D. Paperno.

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