32.2557, Books: Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives: Dobrovie-Sorin, Giurgea

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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:43:08
From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives: Dobrovie-Sorin, Giurgea

 


Title: Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives 
Subtitle: A Crosslinguistic Analysis of Most 
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/majority-quantification-and-quantity-superlatives-9780198791249?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin
Author: Ion Giurgea

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198791249 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 100
Paperback: ISBN:  9780198791256 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 40


Abstract:

This book investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional "most" and
other majority quantifiers across languages. Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin and Ion
Giurgea draw on data from around 40 languages to demonstrate the existence of
two distinct semantic types of "most": a distributive type, which compares
cardinalities of sets of atoms, and a cumulative type, which involves
measuring plural and mass entities with respect to a whole. On the syntactic
side, the most significant difference is between partitive and non-partitive
configurations: certain majority quantifiers are specific to partitive
constructions, while others are also allowed in non-partitives. The volume
also explores complex expressions of the type "the largest part" and nominal
quantifiers of the type "the majority". The authors argue in favour of a
quantificational analysis of "most", in contrast to many recent studies, but
adopt a bipartition-cum-superlative analysis for the largest part.

The volume is a large-scale crosslinguistic investigation, offering
typological insights as well as case studies from a range of languages,
including German, Romanian, Hungarian, Hindi, and Syrian Arabic. The findings
have implications for the study of number marking, partitivity, kind
reference, (in)definiteness marking, and other crucial issues in linguistic
theory.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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