TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cummins,Chris
TI  - Constraints on numerical expressions
T2  - Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 5
SN  - 9780199687916 (pbk.)
U1  - 415 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Oxford : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
N1  - Constructing a constraint-based model -- Deriving predictions from the constraint-based account -- Towards a pragmatic account of superlative quantifier usage -- Scalar implicatures from numerically quantified expressions -- Corpus evidence for constraints on numerical expressions -- Overview and outlook
N2  - Chris Cummins presents a novel pragmatic account of the meaning and use of numerically-quantified expressions. In it, the author lays out a set of criteria that are argued individually to influence the speaker's choice of expression. The process of choosing what to say is then treated as a problem of multiple constraint satisfaction. This approach enables multiple different considerations, drawn from principles of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy, psycholinguistics and the psychology of number, simultaneously to be integrated within a single coherent account
ER  -