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020			_a9780199687916 (pbk.)
020			_a0199687919 (pbk.)
082	0	4	_a415 _bCUM
100	1		_aCummins, Chris,
245	1	0	_aConstraints on numerical expressions / _cChris Cummins.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2015.
300			_axii, 212 pages : _billustrations ;
490	0		_aOxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 5
490	0		_aOxford linguistics
505	0		_aConstructing 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.
520			_aChris 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.
650		7	_aGrammar, Comparative and general
942			_cREF