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[edit] Comparison to individuals

  • John lives in Osna. → John lives in Germany.
  • Nobody lives in Osna. → Nobody lives in Germany.
    Does not work.

[edit] Comparison to sets

  • nothing = empty set
  • everything = De
  • at most x people → an arbitrary set of at most x people
    always a tautology

[edit] Sets of sets!

  • change the type of DP
    DP<<e,t>,t>(VPe,t)
Source: http://wiki.stuhlmueller.info/Cognitive_Science/Introduction_to_Semantics/Quantifier