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Every natural language provides some means for making general statements. The attempt to characterize general statements in their meaning and structure led to the development of various theories about quantification. Questions about quantification have played a central role in thinking about language throughout the ages and spaces of human history. On the one hand, this study has been crucial in the development of logic, the science of reasoning, and on the other, investigations into the structure and meaning of quantificational expressions have provided a great deal of evidence for general theories about the syntax and semantics of natural language.
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Bach, E., Jelinek, E., Kratzer, A., Partee, B.H. (1995). Introduction. In: Bach, E., Jelinek, E., Kratzer, A., Partee, B.H. (eds) Quantification in Natural Languages. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2817-1_1
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