A Need to Explore and Construe Quantification in a High School English Textbook

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Young roung Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제77호, 117~133쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.03.01

영문 초록

This paper purposes to identify and dissect ambiguous meanings involved in quantification and negation in a bid to help students realize that they should not be remiss in dealing with the meanings of quantifier and negation contexts. To this end, this paper focuses not only on the inherent properties of quantification but also on negation context in an English textbook. To stress that learners, when in high school in particular, need to build up ability to figure out the exact meaning of a sentence, this paper leads off with ambiguity triggered by quantification and negation phrases. To clarify quantification readings in the textbook, this paper reviews the predicate calculus for a logical significance and quantification specified by two kinds of quantifiers: existential and universal. This paper also investigate the use and frequency of quantification in terms of 10 quantifiers and negation in an English textbook.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Quantification and Ambiguity

3. Quantification in an English Textbook

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

Universal/existential quantifiers ambiguity quantifier raising LF quantifiers in English textbooks