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==Definition== | |||
'''Variety''' is a constraint that excludes the 'uninteresting' determiners which either always or never yield a true sentence. A determiner has the property of variety if and only if in a domain of entities E condition (i) holds. | '''Variety''' is a constraint that excludes the 'uninteresting' determiners which either always or never yield a true sentence. A determiner has the property of variety if and only if in a domain of entities E condition (i) holds. | ||
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Assuming that ''at least n'' N, for instance, is not defined in a model where the cardinality of N is lower than n, all [[simple determiner]]s show variety; in every model boolean combinations of certain determiners, such as ''one or no'' and ''at least three and at most two'', do not. | Assuming that ''at least n'' N, for instance, is not defined in a model where the cardinality of N is lower than n, all [[simple determiner]]s show variety; in every model boolean combinations of certain determiners, such as ''one or no'' and ''at least three and at most two'', do not. | ||
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*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Variety&lemmacode=108 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Variety&lemmacode=108 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
== References == | |||
* Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago. | * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago. | ||
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Definition
Variety is a constraint that excludes the 'uninteresting' determiners which either always or never yield a true sentence. A determiner has the property of variety if and only if in a domain of entities E condition (i) holds.
(i) for some V,W,X,Y subset E: D(V,W) & Neg D(X,Y)
Assuming that at least n N, for instance, is not defined in a model where the cardinality of N is lower than n, all simple determiners show variety; in every model boolean combinations of certain determiners, such as one or no and at least three and at most two, do not.
Links
References
- Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. Logic, language, and meaning, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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