Abstract
The quelques and plusieurs French quantifiers are re-visited, starting from the analyzing of the subsets inner organization. Two hypotheses underlie the demonstration. The quantifying process is ordered over two phases - a hard, lexical, kernel, and an inferential derivation. The second hypothesis supposes that the polarized contrast between quelques and plusieurs pertains to a differentiated take-over of the denoted subset: a massifying one (quelques) and a discretizing one (plusieurs).
| Translated title of the contribution | The contrast between 'quelques' and 'plusieurs': A semantic and/or pragmatic analysis? |
|---|---|
| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 77-93 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Langue Francaise |
| Volume | 177 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Discretizing
- Indéfinite or partitive readings
- Inferential readings
- Massifying
- Particular or generic readings
- Quantification
- Quantifiers
- Semantic kernel
- Subsets