Quantificational Modification
The Semantics of Totality and Proportionality
The thesis explores the syntactic and semantic dimensions of four linguistic elements that appear in Modern Greek arguably as quantifiers and modifiers, i.e., in the form of Quantificational Modifiers (QMods) olos 'all, whole, overall' and its extension olikos 'total', merikos 'some, a few, partial', ligos 'some, few, little, insignificant' and polis 'many, great, considerable'. Such QMods are analyzed as 'measure' quantifiers of scalar semantics that appear in a syntactic position common to adjectival modifiers. The thesis explores specific sets of reading and their interpretations. Such a phenomenon is common to Modern Greek, English, Frenc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59942-372-2
- EAN: 9781599423722
- Produktnummer: 11085210
- Verlag: Dissertation.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 126 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D0.7 cm 232 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 232
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