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generalized quantifier: a standalone construct

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Semantics

the analysis of noun phrases like every student or most cats as denoting sets of sets, relations between a restrictor set and a scope set.

In semantics, generalized quantifier refers to the analysis of noun phrases like every student or most cats as denoting sets of sets, relations between a restrictor set and a scope set. This meaning comes from Barwise (1981) in Linguistics and Philosophy.[1]

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quantifier2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers scope2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs semantics2 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Barwise, J., & Cooper, R. (1981). Generalized quantifiers and natural language. Linguistics and Philosophy, 4(2), 159-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00350139

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