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Several quantifiers are different than others : Polish indefinite numerals

WĄGIEL, Marcin

Basic information

Original name

Several quantifiers are different than others : Polish indefinite numerals

Authors

WĄGIEL, Marcin (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Berlin, Advances in Formal Slavic Linguistics 2017, p. 323-353, 31 pp. 2020

Publisher

Language Science Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114170

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-3-96110-254-9

ISSN

DOI

Keywords in English

indefinites; numerals; quantifiers; choice functions; classifiers; Polish

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 1/4/2021 08:42, Mgr. Veronika Mattesová

Abstract

V originále

In this paper, I examine properties of two Polish indefinite quantifiers, namely ileś ‘some, some number’ and kilka ‘several, a few’. I argue that they share morphosyntactic properties with cardinal numerals rather than with vague quantifiers such as mało ‘little, few’ and dużo ‘much, many’ and propose that they should be modeled as involving a built-in classifier comprising both a measure function and choice function. The difference between the two indefinites boils down to the type of set the choice function selects a member from and the type of measure function that is employed.

Links

GA17-16111S, research and development project
Name: Formální přístupy ke gramatickému číslu ve slovanských jazycích
Investor: Czech Science Foundation