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Quantization (linguistics)

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In linguistics, a quantized expression is such that, whenever it is true of some entity, it is not true of any proper subparts of that entity.{{fact|date=April 2017}}

For example, if something is an "apple", then no proper subpart of that thing is an "apple". If something is "water", then many of its subparts will also be "water". Hence, "apple" is quantized, while "water" is not.{{fact|date=April 2017}}

Usage

Quantization has proven relevant to the proper characterization of grammatical telicity (roughly, sentences that present events as bounded/unbounded in time) and the mass/count distinction for nouns. The notion was first applied{{when|date=April 2017}}{{why|date=April 2017}} to linguistic semantics by the linguist Manfred Krifka.{{fact|date=April 2017}}

Definition

Formally, a quantization predicate QUA can be defined as follows, where is the universe of discourse, is a variable over sets, and is a mereological part structure on with the mereological part-of relation:{{clarifyme|date=April 2017}}{{fact|date=April 2017}}