First note that the quantifier c-commands BOOK. Short C-command of this sort is called government. Government differs from c-command in that a node can be governed by only one governor, where as a ...

Definiteness is an operator that referring to discourse and pragmatic situations. In a nutshell definiteness is a referent whose existence is commonly understood to both the speaker and the addressee.

ABSTRACT: The semantics of Modern Greek adjective polis “many, much, more, very, a lot” is of ultimate semantic interest. Greek polis “many, much, more, very, a lot” appears to be under the influence ...