Studies in African Linguistics (Apr 1989)

Some Yoruba quantifier words and semantic interpretation a critique

  • L. O. Adewole

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32473/sal.v20i1.107453
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1

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This work takes a close look at the Yoruba quantifiers, pUpQ, QpQ, and QpQ1QpQ 'many', and concludes that, contrary to Lawal's [1986] claim, it is difficult to differentiate semantically between them.

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