Includes bibliographical references and index.

Copyright Page / Editor: Peter Hallman -- Notes on Contributors / Editor: Peter Hallman -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Peter Hallman -- Chapter 2 Indeterminate Numerals and Their Alternatives / Curt Anderson -- Chapter 3 The Semantics of the Superlative Quantifier - Est / Barbara Tomaszewicz-Özakın -- Chapter 4 Quantification, Degrees, and Beyond in Navajo / Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten and Elizabeth Coppock -- Chapter 5 Separate but Equal: A Typology of Equative Constructions / Jessica Rett -- Chapter 6 Compounded Scales / Alan Bale -- Chapter 7 From Possible Individuals to Scalar Segments / Roger Schwarzschild -- Chapter 8 Measuring Cardinalities: Evidence from Differential Comparatives in French / Vincent Homer and Rajesh Bhatt -- Chapter 9 Quantifying Events and Activities / Haley Farkas and Alexis Wellwood -- Chapter 10 Split Semantics for Non-monotonic Quantifiers in Than -Clauses / Linmin Zhang -- Chapter 11 Nominal Quantifiers in Than Clauses and Degree Questions / Nicholas Fleisher -- Index / Editor: Peter Hallman.

Interactions of Degree and Quantification is a collection of chapters edited by Peter Hallman that deal with superlative, equative and differential constructions cross-linguistically, interactions of the comparative with both individual quantifiers and event structure, the use of the individual quantifier 'some' as a numeral, and the question of whether the very notion of 'degree' is reducible to a relation between individuals. These issues all represent semantic parallels and interactions between individual quantifiers ( every , some , etc.) and degree quantifiers ( more , most , numerals, etc.) in the expression of quantity and measurement. The contributions presented here advance the analytical depth and cross-linguistic breadth of the state of the art in semantics and its interface with syntax in human language.

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