Semantics and Pragmatics, Vol 3 (2010)

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Two kinds of modified numerals

Rick Nouwen

Abstract


In this article, I show that there are two kinds of numeral modifiers: (Class A) those that express the comparison of a certain cardinality with the value expressed by the numeral and (Class B) those that express a bound on a degree property. The goal is, first of all, to provide empirical evidence for this claim and second to account for these data within a framework that treats modified numerals as degree quantifiers.

doi:10.3765/sp.3.3

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ISSN: 1937-8912 | Journal doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/sp