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A Unified Account of Quantifier Perspective Effects in Discourse
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Sanford, Anthony J.; Dawydiak, Eugene J.; Moxey, Linda M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
Positive and negative quantifiers induce two very different perspectives in comprehenders--perspectives that have strong applications to rhetoric and communication. These are briefly reviewed. A potential mechanism, based on earlier work, is introduced, resting on the idea that negatively quantified sentences (like Not all of the boys went to the…
Descriptors: Semantics, Pragmatics, Sentences, Defense Mechanisms