Quantifiers in Language and Logic

by Stanley Peters, Dag Westerstahl

Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff. In English they include such expressions as no , some , all , both , and many . Peters and Westerstahl present the definitive interdisciplinary exploration of how they work--their syntax, semantics, and inferential role.

Genres: Linguistics

550 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006