Expecting Many
Author(s) -
Tim Fernando,
Hans Kamp
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5951
pISSN - 2163-5943
DOI - 10.3765/salt.v6i0.2761
Subject(s) - vagueness , ambiguity , determiner , context (archaeology) , epistemology , mathematical economics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , history , noun , archaeology , fuzzy logic
The determiner 'many' is analyzed relative to a notion of expectation that is introduced into contexts employed in the theory of generalized quantifiers. Issues concerning intensionality, vagueness, ambiguity and context change are considered along the way.
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