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Quantificational variability effect (QVE) is the intuitive equivalence of certain sentences with quantificational adverbs (Q-adverbs) and sentences without these, but with quantificational determiner phrases (DP) in argument position instead. *1. (a) A cat is usually smart. (Q-adverb) *1. (b) Most cats are smart. (DP) *2. (a) A dog is always smart. (Q-adverb) *2. (b) All dogs are smart. (DP)〔 Adapted from Endriss and Hinterwimmer (2005).〕 Analysis of QVE is widely cited as entering the literature with David Lewis' "Adverbs of Quantification" (1975), where he proposes QVE as a solution to Peter Geach's donkey sentence (1962). Terminology, and comprehensive analysis, is normally attributed to Stephen Berman's "Situation-Based Semantics for Adverbs of Quantification" (1987). ==See also== *Donkey pronoun 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quantificational variability effect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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