Quantifier

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1. Quantifiers
2. Meaning of Quantifiers
3. Quantifier Floating
4. Quantifier-Pronoun Flip
5. Reducing Quantifier + Of + Pronoun Constructions
6. Partitives
7. Other Ways of Expressing Quantity
8. Quantification
9. Quantifiers and Scope ambiguity

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1. Quantifiers

singular count nouns
any, each, every

plural count nouns
any, both, (a) few, many, several, all, most, more, some

noncount nouns
(a) little, less, much, all, most, more, some

- The most common quantifiers according to the kind of nouns they occur with.
- some quantifiers occur with only one type of noun, BUT

[1] a. All students must take the placement exam. with plural count nouns
b. Vanessa loves getting all the attention. with noncount nouns

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Existential quantifier
(usually symbolized as ∃)
words such as some, or a.
identifies at least one member of a set

- Classical predicate logic recognizes just two quantifiers.

- IN LOGIC, quantifiers are said to hold scope over constituents containing variables.

[22] Closer examination 1
The logical representation of an expression like Everyone dances is
∀x [ x dances ] : For every (∀) person you choose, then that person (x) dances
So, the quantifier ∀ has scope over the variable x

( “x” is called a variable ∵ not have a fixed reference, and the quantifier bind x)

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