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Pragmatic and semantic constraints on numeral quantifier position in Japanese

Bibliographic Data

ID10141007
AuthorsPamela Downing, Pamela A Downing (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume29
Issue1
Pages65-93
Publication date1993-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226700000050
OpenAlexW2110051403
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited21

Japanese, like many other languages, permits numeral expressions to appear in several positions relative to the argument whose number they specify. This article concentrates on just two of the possibilities, the ‘Pre-Nominal’ and the ‘Q-Float’ numeral positions, describing a number of semantic, syntactic and pragmatic differences between them

Argument (complex analysis · Arithmetic · Linguistics · Numeral system · Position (finance · Quantifier (linguistics · Advanced Algebra and Logic · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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