Part-whole-modifiers and the*-operator

M Igel - Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung, 2021 - ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de
In this paper, I present an analysis of German 'ganz'(whole), which I see as evidence for the
existence of the plural operator in the syntax as well as its ability to enter into scope …

Quelques in French: a Clustered Plural

P Gréa - Journal of Semantics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the result of a corpus study on the difference between quelques 'a few'and
plusieurs 'several'. On this basis, we propose a categorization of the nouns significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying over hidden (parts of) events

M Wągiel - Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2022 - glossa-journal.org
In this paper, I investigate certain intriguing properties of two types of quantificational
adjectives exemplified by the English two-time and double and their interactions with event …

[PDF][PDF] Splitting atoms in natural language

A Haida, T Trinh, M Dǒcekal… - Formal approaches to …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
The classic Fregean analysis of numerical statements runs into problems with sentences
containing non-integers such as John read 2.5 novels, since it takes such statements to …

[PDF][PDF] PARTITIVITY AND SPACE: EVIDENCE FROM SPOKEN AND SIGN LANGUAGES

In this work, we investigate partitivity marking in spoken and sign languages, focusing on the
locative and ablative strategies. We aim to extend the typology of partitive constructions by …

[PDF][PDF] Composite Measure Phrases and Specialized Measurement

A Gobeski - 2023 - morzycki.github.io
Purely numerical measure phrases (MPs) that lack a unit term—such as three or two thirds—
are normally treated as denoting degrees on a single shared numerical scale. This paper …

[PDF][PDF] Relative Atomicity

Y Sudo - ucl.ac.uk
1.1 Background The standard model-theoretic approach to plurality is Absolute Atomicity,
which defines atomicity once and for all at the model level (Link 1983, Schwarzschild 1996 …

A typology of proportional quantifiers: Evidence from Polish partitives

M Wągiel - Acta Linguistica Academica, 2022 - akjournals.com
In this paper, I investigate the distribution and semantic behavior of various proportional
quantifiers (PQs) in Polish. Based on novel evidence including corpus data, I conclude that …