Universal #1272

Legacy number: 1272

 Number  1268
 Original  Hierarchy of quantifiers:

each > every > all > most > many > several > some (+NPPl) > a few

(‘>’ means ‘greater tendency toward higher scope’)
 Standardized  Hierarchy of quantifiers:

each > every > all > most > many > several > some (+NPPl) > a few

(‘>’ means ‘greater tendency toward higher scope’)
 Keywords  quantifier, scope
 Domain  semantics
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  14 languages surveyed in Ioup 1975
 Source  Ioup 1975: 42

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #1273.2. Ioup claims that relative linear ordering at the surface level has little to do with the determination of quantifier scope. The inherent properties of quantifiers (i.e., different quantifiers have differing probabilities of acquiring highest scope) and grammatical functions, both those at the deep and those at the surface levels, are among the relevant factors that determine the possible interpretations.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1273"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

2. Ioup claims that relative linear ordering at the surface level has little to do with the determination of quantifier scope. The inherent properties of quantifiers (i.e., different quantifiers have differing probabilities of acquiring highest scope) and grammatical functions, both those at the deep and those at the surface levels, are among the relevant factors that determine the possible interpretations.