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Linglib.Fragments.English.Determiners

English Determiners #

@cite{horn-1972} @cite{barwise-cooper-1981}

Quantifier lexicon with syntactic and semantic properties.

Main definitions #

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          Weak/strong classification (B&C §4.3, Table II). Weak determiners allow there-insertion: "There are some cats." Strong determiners don't: "*There is every cat."

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              Unified lexical entry for quantifiers/determiners.

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                            "most" - more than half

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                              "all" - everything satisfies

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                                "every" - universal, singular

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                                  "each" - universal, distributive

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                                    "many" - a large number

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                                      Numerical determiner entry. Parameterized by threshold n. These are the class of determiners @cite{van-de-pol-etal-2023} show satisfy all three semantic universals (and have low MDL).

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                                            "at least n" — upward monotone in scope, conservative, quantity

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                                              "at most n" — downward monotone in scope, conservative, quantity

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                                                "exactly n" — non-monotone (neither UE nor DE), conservative, quantity

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                                                  "more than n" — upward monotone, conservative, quantity

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                                                    "fewer than n" — downward monotone, conservative, quantity

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                                                              "both" - universal dual, presupposes exactly 2. K&S (83a): [_Det each of the two] ⇒ both. Semantically: gqMeet of every and (the 2).

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                                                                "neither" - negative dual, presupposes exactly 2. K&S (83b): [_Det (not one) of the two] ⇒ neither. Semantically: outerNeg of both.

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                                                                  All quantifier entries

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                                                                    All determiner entries (including definites)

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                                                                      The 6-word quantity scale used in @cite{van-tiel-franke-sauerland-2021}.

                                                                      This is a projection of the full lexicon for quantity-focused analyses.

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                                                                          Get GQT threshold (scaled to domain size n)

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                                                                            All quantity words as a list

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                                                                              A Horn scale: ordered alternatives from weak to strong.

                                                                              The key property: each item entails all weaker items.

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                                                                                The ⟨some, most, all⟩ scale

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                                                                                  Get alternatives (items strictly stronger than x)

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                                                                                    Is x weaker than y on this scale?

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                                                                                      GQT meaning: binary truth based on threshold and monotonicity

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                                                                                        GQT meaning is always non-negative

                                                                                        PT meaning is always non-negative

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                                                                                          Compositional Generalized Quantifier Semantics #

                                                                                          The single source of truth for model-theoretic GQ denotations is Semantics.Lexical.Determiner.Quantifier. This section re-exports those denotations and connects them to the QuantityWord scale.

                                                                                          Thread map #

                                                                                          From a QuantityWord you can reach:

                                                                                          @cite{van-benthem-1984} §3.3: Inferential characterization of the Square of Opposition. Each corner is uniquely determined by its relational properties under CONSERV + QUANT + VAR*.

                                                                                          • inclusion: all — transitive + reflexive (⊆)
                                                                                          • overlap: some — symmetric + quasi-reflexive (∩ ≠ ∅)
                                                                                          • disjointness: no — symmetric + quasi-universal (∩ = ∅)
                                                                                          • nonInclusion: not all — almost-connected + irreflexive (⊄)
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                                                                                              Half: monotonicity metadata says .nonMonotone — half is neither scope-↑ nor scope-↓. Adding elements to S can flip half(R,S) either way.

                                                                                              ⟦both⟧(R)(S) = ⟦every⟧(R)(S) when |R|=2. For the general case, both = every restricted to exactly-2 restrictors. Simplified: on finite models, both(R,S) = every(R,S) ∧ |R|≥2.

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                                                                                                ⟦neither⟧ = outer negation of ⟦both⟧ (K&S (83b)). "Neither student passed" = "It's not the case that both students passed" when exactly 2 students exist. K&S: neither = (not one) of the two.

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                                                                                                  both is conservative (follows from every_conservative + gqMeet closure).

                                                                                                  neither is conservative (follows from no_conservative + gqMeet closure).

                                                                                                  K&S §3.2: both is positive strong — both(A,A) = true when |A|≥2.

                                                                                                  K&S (26) at the fragment level: neither is scope-↓ (licenses NPIs). "Neither student saw any deer" — NPI "any" licensed.

                                                                                                  both/neither duality: both is increasing, neither is decreasing, mirroring every/no.

                                                                                                  "Every"/"all" is left-anti-additive in the restrictor: every(A∪B, C) = every(A,C) ∧ every(B,C). This licenses strong NPIs in the restrictor of "every": "Everyone who ever lifted a finger..." Cross-ref: every_laa.

                                                                                                  "No"/"none" is left-anti-additive in the restrictor: no(A∪B, C) = no(A,C) ∧ no(B,C). Also scope-downward-monotone (licenses weak NPIs in scope). Cross-ref: no_laa, no_scope_down.