Our aim is to empirically test, on the basis of comparative data, the most recent theoretical developments in the analysis of reference and quantification and to identify focal points for future research.įormal syntax and semantics have long abandoned the idea that referential and quantificational expressions may receive a uniform characterization (say, ‘Determiner Phrase’ as concerns syntax and ‘Generalized Quantifier’ as concerns semantics), and have explored a number of dimensions of variation. We present case studies from Romance and Germanic languages, dealing with both synchronic and diachronic aspects. The thematic volume ‘Determiners and quantifiers: Functions, variation, and change’ explores the interface between morphosyntax and semantics-pragmatics in the domain of referential and quantificational nominal expressions.
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