Somewhat surprisingly, there is little work addressing this question even though there are two distinguished traditions each concerned with a subset of the paradigm. On the one hand, Generalized Quantifier Theory (GQT) offers an analysis of expressions as in (1)a,b as run of the mill quantifiers, while the theory of comparative constructions, analyzes expressions as in (1)d,e as amount comparat...

This paper reformulates and decides a certain conjecture in Dunn’s ‘Relevant Predication 1: The Formal Theory’ (Journal of Philosophical Logic 16, 347-381, 1987). This conjecture of Dunn’s relates his object-language characterisation of a property’s being relevant in a variable x to certain grammatical characterisations of relevance, analogous to some given by Helman, in ‘Relevant Implication a...

In many languages, the verbs take and go may combine with another predicate to yield an inceptive reading, where the onset of the event denoted by the main predicate is in some sense focalized. Some of these cases have a touch of surprise, unexpectedness, or suddenness to them. Using data mainly from Swedish, this paper seeks to identify the components that are responsible for this surprise rea...

In this paper, I respond to critics who claim that E. Mally’s distinction between two modes of predication, as it is employed in my theory of abstract objects, is reducible to, or analyzable in terms of, a single mode ofobjects, is reducible to, or analyzable in terms of, a single mode of predication plus the distinction between nuclear and extranuclear properties. I argue against these claims ...

A descriptive cross-sectional study evaluated the compliance of physicians with the Palestinian essential drug list (EDL) in all the government primary care clinics in the Gaza Strip. While 67.4% reported currently using the EDL 51.2% of these physicians reported problems in using it. The mean number of drugs per prescription was 1.92, the percentage of drugs prescribed from the EDL was 97.9% b...

This article explores adjectival degree constructions formed around the copular element de ‘of’ in Spanish such as un montón de listo (a load of smart, ‘considerably smart’), como tú de gordo (like you of fat, ‘as fat as you’), and así de alto (this of tall, ‘this tall’.) In these constructions, a predication relation takes place between the degree to which the property denoted by the adjective...

Dysmenorrhea is among the most common gynecological complaints. There are several mechanisms which initiate dysmenorrhea. Therefore, different compounds can be employed to control its symptoms. NSAIDs such as ibuprofen are highly used in modern medicine to relieve the pain in short-term therapy. This method is not acceptable for long-term therapy due to side effects. Our previous data showed th...

Dysmenorrhea is among the most common gynecological complaints. There are several mechanisms which initiate dysmenorrhea. Therefore, different compounds can be employed to control its symptoms. NSAIDs such as ibuprofen are highly used in modern medicine to relieve the pain in short-term therapy. This method is not acceptable for long-term therapy due to side effects. Our previous data showed th...

Though languages show rich variation in the clausal embedding strategies employed attitude reports, most mainstream formal semantic theories of attitudes assume that complement an verb contributes at least a proposition to semantics. The goal this paper is contribute growing cross-linguistic perspective by providing analyses for two found with verbs Oromo (Cushitic): verbal nominalization, and ...