What is a quantifier?

Abstract I argue that standard definitions of quantifiers are inadequate and offer a new one. The new definition categorizes expressions as quantifiers in accordance with our pre-theoretical judgments, it is broadly applicable to both formal and natural languages, and it eschews unnecessary theoreti...

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Published in:Analysis (Oxford) 2018-07, Vol.78 (3), p.463-472
Main Author: Szabó, Zoltán Gendler
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Abstract I argue that standard definitions of quantifiers are inadequate and offer a new one. The new definition categorizes expressions as quantifiers in accordance with our pre-theoretical judgments, it is broadly applicable to both formal and natural languages, and it eschews unnecessary theoretical commitments about the details of the syntax and semantics of these expressions.
ISSN:0003-2638
1467-8284
DOI:10.1093/analys/anx141