Linguistic Quantification
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A Linguistic Quantification is a Quantifier Word that is a restriction on the Arguments of a [[Predicate Function]
- Context:
- It can be a Determiner Word that can determine a Noun Phrase Reference.
- Example(s):
- Every glass in my recent order was chipped.
- Some of the people standing across the river have white armbands.
- Most of the people I talked to didn't have a clue who the candidates were.
- A lot of people are smart.
- All containers are full.
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Quantifier, Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing.
References
2019
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantifier_(linguistics) Retrieved:2019-8-24.
- In linguistics and grammar, a quantifier is a type of determiner, such as all, some, many, few, a lot, and no, (but not specific numerals)that indicates quantity.
Quantification is also used in logic, where it is a formula constructor that produces new formulas from old ones.
Natural languages' determiners have been arguedto correspond to logical quantifiers at the semantic level.
- In linguistics and grammar, a quantifier is a type of determiner, such as all, some, many, few, a lot, and no, (but not specific numerals)that indicates quantity.
2012a
- (WordNet, 2012) ⇒ http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
- a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
- the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
2012b
- (CYC Glossary, 2012) ⇒ http://www.cyc.com/cycdoc/ref/glossary.html
- quantification: Quantification is a way to talk about objects without being specific about the identity of the objects involved. There are two kinds of quantification: existential and universal. Each quantification uses one quantifier and one variable. For details on quantification, click here.