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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]
 
 
 
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== 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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Latest revision as of 09:00, 30 August 2014

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.

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References

  • Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. Logic, language, and meaning, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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