Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Numerical expressions are often used imprecisely or approximately. This paper defends a novel analysis of numerical imprecision based on the notion of scale granularity, construed here in terms of sets of alternatives. I apply this approach to account for new facts relating to the interaction of (im)precision and comparison, in particular the necessarily precise interpretation of measure expressions in compara- tives, and the negative polarity status of overt approximators in comparatives (e.g. Mabel owns *(no) more than about one hundred sheep.)
Author: Stephanie Solt
Institution: Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Award: G692532663
OpenAlex ID: W1940322128