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Restriction and Obviation in Scalar Expressions: the semantics and pragmatics of range markers across and throughout languages

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	1˙300˙518 €
EC contributo	1˙300˙518 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2012-StG_20111124
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-03-01   -   2018-02-28

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT  Organization address address: Heidelberglaan 8 city: UTRECHT postcode: 3584 CS contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: M.H.L. Cognome: Deenen Email: send email Telefono: +3130 2534136	NL (UTRECHT)	hostInstitution	1˙300˙518.00
2	UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT  Organization address address: Heidelberglaan 8 city: UTRECHT postcode: 3584 CS contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Rick Willem Frans Cognome: Nouwen Email: send email Telefono: 302538313	NL (UTRECHT)	hostInstitution	1˙300˙518.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Most languages have a fairly well developed system of words for numbers, called numerals. It is cross-linguistically common, moreover, for languages to have a very rich paradigm of modifiers of such numerals. For instance, English allows the numeral 'fifty' to be modified by comparatives ('more than 50'), (adverbial) superlatives ('at least 50'), equatives ('as many as 50'), locative prepositions ('over 50'), directional prepositions ('up to 50'), disjunctions ('50 or more') and adverbs ('exactly 50'). As illustrated by the set of English modifiers, typically, such paradigms do not consist of specialised vocabulary but instead consist of expressions 'borrowed' from other areas of the grammar. This project sets out to use the rich vocabulary of modified numerals to make advances in semantics and pragmatics. In particular, we will look at a subset of modifiers that have restrictions on their use, restrictions that may be obviated in specific contexts. This subset contains e.g. adverbial superlatives and directional prepositions. Accordingly, there is a semantic connection between superlativity and spatial expression that needs to be explored. More importantly, however, the found connections will clarify the nature of numerical, and more generally scalar, quantification. This is very welcome, since there is a surprising lack of insight in how we use numerical expressions to communicate quantitative information. In particular, there is no consensus as to what semantic and pragmatic processes govern the relatively simple meanings conveyed by sentences containing numerals and similarly scalar expressions. What is needed right now to break through this standstill are projects that aim at uncovering hitherto unexplored connections within language. Significant theoretical progress moreover relies on access to large bodies of new and reliable data. To this end, the project includes in-depth cross-linguistic and experimental studies.'