This article surveys the state of the art in the field of semantic universals. We examine
potential semantic universals in three areas:(i) the lexicon,(ii) semantic “glue”(functional …

The quantificational system in Japanese makes use of so-called indeterminate pronouns,
which take on existential, universal, interrogative, negative polarity, or free choice …

This thesis is concerned with the description and analysis of two semantically different types
of definite articles in German. While the existence of distinct article paradigms in various …

This book uses mathematical models of language to explain why there are certain gaps in
language: things that we might expect to be able to say but can't. For instance, why can we …

6 the books Syntactically any в-head can combine with any DP regardless of its feature
content. The number features of the в head are licensed solely by the semantics. The …

Quantification forms a significant aspect of cross-linguistic research into both sentence
structure and meaning. This book surveys research in quantification starting with the …

This dissertation develops a novel theory of the kind of agreement that has come to be
known as (nominal) concord, traditionally described as obtaining between a noun and its …

Some sentences come with an interesting kind of condition on their use: they require that a
certain proposition p not be taken for granted. Recent work by Sauerland and Schlenker …

Across languages, we find indefinites that trigger modal inferences. This article contributes
to a semantic typology of these items by contrasting Spanish algún with indefinites like …

This discussion note reviews responses of the linguistics profession to the grave issues of
language endangerment identified a quarter of a century ago in the journal Language by …