Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives. A Crosslinguistic Analysis of Most, Paperback/***

This book investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across a wide range of languages. The findings have implications for the study of a variety of crucial issues in linguistic theory, including number marking, partitivity, kind reference, and (in)definiteness marking. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Ion (Senior Researcher, Senior Researcher, 'Iorgu Iordan - Al. Rosetti' Institute of Linguistics, Bucharest) Giurgea Number of pages: 304 Collection: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 158 x 235 x 18 Cover type: Paperback / softback