<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Thank you for this interesting question. In my eyes, there might be the need for additional categories for certain interrogatives and demonstratives that behave like numerals or other quantifiers (how/so many, how/so much, etc.).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Andi Hölzl</div>
<div>
<div>
<div name="quote" style="margin:10px 5px 5px 10px; padding: 10px 0 10px 10px; border-left:2px solid #C3D9E5; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">
<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 04. März 2022 um 12:35 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "Christian Lehmann" <christian.lehmann@uni-erfurt.de><br/>
<b>An:</b> lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org<br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Lingtyp] types of quantification</div>
<div name="quoted-content">
<p>In some languages, numerals have the same distribution as quantifiers like 'some' or 'many'. From a functional point of view, too, for instance in view of the approximative numerals discussed last week, it makes sense to subsume the use of numerals under quantification. Then one might subdivide the field of quantification roughly as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Numeral quantification: 'one', 'two' ...</li>
<li>Non-numeral quantification</li>
</ol>
<blockquote>
<ol type="a">
<li>Universal: 'all', 'every'</li>
<li>Existential: 'some'</li>
<li>Sizing: 'many', 'several', '(a) few', ....</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>Two questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Has anything concerning such a classification been published which I should know?</li>
<li>To the extent that the above is reasonable: Any suggestions for a better terminology?</li>
</ul>
--
<div class="moz-signature">
<p style="font-size: 90.0%;">Prof. em. Dr. Christian Lehmann<br/>
Rudolfstr. 4<br/>
99092 Erfurt<br/>
<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Deutschland</span></p>
<table style="font-size: 80.0%;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tel.:</td>
<td>+49/361/2113417</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>E-Post:</td>
<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:christianw_lehmann@arcor.de" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:christianw_lehmann@arcor.de'; return false;" target="_blank">christianw_lehmann@arcor.de</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Web:</td>
<td><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.christianlehmann.eu" target="_blank">https://www.christianlehmann.eu</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
_______________________________________________ Lingtyp mailing list Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org <a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp" target="_blank">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div></body></html>