Overview: Enables cross-language research based on individual studies that each follow the same structure.Offers a unique breadth and diversity by covering 20 different languages from 15 language families.Prese.Covering a strikingly diverse range of languages from 12 linguistic families, this handbook is based on responses to a questionnaire constructed by the editors. Focusing on the formation, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions, the book explores 17 languages including German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Malagasy, Hebrew, Pima, Basque, and more.
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