Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus

This paper investigates the use of Latin “quantifiers” multus and magnus in the comedies of Plautus and Terence, as well as their relationships with quantification and with the question words quot? and quantus? A category of “almost mass” nouns reluctant to be quantified by multus is identified on t...

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Main Author: Laurent Moonens
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2016-11-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/3534
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description This paper investigates the use of Latin “quantifiers” multus and magnus in the comedies of Plautus and Terence, as well as their relationships with quantification and with the question words quot? and quantus? A category of “almost mass” nouns reluctant to be quantified by multus is identified on the basis of its tendency to be quantified by magnus.
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Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
Pallas
quantification
mass nouns
question words
title Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
title_full Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
title_fullStr Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
title_full_unstemmed Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
title_short Expressions de quantité chez Plaute et Térence : les « quantifieurs » multus et magnus
title_sort expressions de quantite chez plaute et terence les quantifieurs multus et magnus
topic quantification
mass nouns
question words
url http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/3534
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