Interactions of degree and quantification. / / Peter Hallman.

• Superior document: Syntax and Semantics ; 42
• TeilnehmendeR: Hallman, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Syntax and Semantics ; 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Interactions of Degree and Quantification is a collection of chapters edited by Peter Hallman that deal with superlative, equative and differential constructions cross-linguistically, interactions of the comparative with both individual quantifiers and event structure, the use of the individual quantifier ‘some’ as a numeral, and the question of whether the very notion of ‘degree’ is reducible to a relation between individuals. These issues all represent semantic parallels and interactions between individual quantifiers ( every , some , etc.) and degree quantifiers ( more , most , numerals, etc.) in the expression of quantity and measurement. The contributions presented here advance the analytical depth and cross-linguistic breadth of the state of the art in semantics and its interface with syntax in human language.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Peter Hallman -- Indeterminate Numerals and Their Alternatives / Curt Anderson -- The Semantics of the Superlative Quantifier -Est / Barbara Tomaszewicz-Özakın -- Quantification, Degrees and Beyond in Navajo / Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten and Elizabeth Coppock -- Separate but Equal: A Typology of Equative Constructions / Jessica Rett -- Compounded Scales / Alan Bale -- From Possible Individuals to Scalar Segments / Roger Schwarzschild -- Measuring Cardinalities: Evidence from Differential Comparatives in French / Vincent Homer and Rajesh Bhatt -- Quantifying Events and Activities / Haley Farkas and Alexis Wellwood -- Split Semantics for Non-monotonic Quantifiers in Than-Clauses / Linmin Zhang -- Nominal Quantifiers in Than Clauses and Degree Questions / Nicholas Fleisher.