Semantics and Pragmatics (Jan 2010)

Two kinds of modified numerals

  • Rick Nouwen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.3.3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 0
pp. 1 – 41

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In this article, I show that there are two kinds of numeral modifiers: (Class A) those that express the comparison of a certain cardinality with the value expressed by the numeral and (Class B) those that express a bound on a degree property. The goal is, first of all, to provide empirical evidence for this claim and second to account for these data within a framework that treats modified numerals as degree quantifiers. doi:10.3765/sp.3.3 BibTeX info

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