Quantifier spreading: Linguistic and pragmatic considerations

Lingua

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 591-627

  Kang, Hye Kyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual representation; Exhaustive interpretation; Island effects; Language of thought; Left branch; Pragmatic consideration; Quantifier spreading; Symmetrical interpretation; U shaped developmental curve; Universal quantifiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346490161     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(00)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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