Quantification: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation
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This is a three-year cross-linguistic project dealing                           specifically with the syntax and semantics of quantification.                   Questions addressed include:                                                                                                                                    1) Is the use of noun phrases as one means of expressing                        quantification universal?  Are there languages with no                          "essentially quantificational" noun phrases?                                                                                                                    2) What are the similarities and differences, within and across                 languages, in the structure and interpretation of quantification                expressed with noun phrases and quantification expressed                        otherwise?                                                                                                                                                      3) Is the basic distinction between noun phrases and verb phrases               (or sentences) due to a semantically universal noun-verb                        distinction, or is it brought about by the distinction in their                 closed-class functor (specifier) categories DET (determiner) and                AUX (auxiliary)?                                                                                                                                                The languages to be investigated include English, German, Dutch,                Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and the                 Wakashan languages of British Columbia.
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