Numerous meanings : the meaning of English cardinals and the legacy of Paul Grice /

Main Author: Bultinck, Bert.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface, v. 15
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=166391
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Introduction; The Gricean theory of implicatures; Three decades of Gricean numerals; General corpus analysis of the forms and functions of English cardinals; 'At least n', 'exactly n', 'at most n' and 'absolute value' readings; Conclusion; References; Index.