Open AccessSome Yoruba quantifier words and semantic interpretation
Author(s) -
Adenike S. Lawal
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
studies in african linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2154-428X
pISSN - 0039-3533
DOI - 10.32473/sal.v17i1.107496
Subject(s) - yoruba , quantifier (linguistics) , linguistics , interpretation (philosophy) , focus (optics) , meaning (existential) , semantic property , existentialism , semantics (computer science) , semantic interpretation , computer science , natural language processing , philosophy , epistemology , programming language , physics , optics
This paper examines the need to look at quantifiers from semantic perspectives unconnected with logical, existential, or universal claims. The focus here is on the quantifier 'many' in Yoruba. Among other observations it is noted that the Yoruba quantifier meaning 'many' may occur only with those NPs that are viewed as animate.