Quantification, matching and events.

The article "Quantification, matching and events" by Richard K. Larson discusses the topic of quantification and matching in natural language semantics. The author explores examples of quantification and argues that the truth conditions of these statements involve matching between different elements. The article proposes that matching in quantification arises from the internal semantic structure of the quantifier and suggests that all quantifiers can be analyzed as having an underlying structure involving injections into events. The author also addresses the role of context, the difference between unbound pronouns and variables bound by existential quantifiers, and different analyses of sentences involving quantification and matching. The text concludes by discussing the connection between quantification, matching, and events, and argues that events, injections, and matching are central to all quantification. The article also explores the need for quantificational states in the semantics of adverbial quantifiers and proposes a neo-Davidsonian approach to understanding quantification. The text discusses semantic rules for quantifiers and provides a framework for understanding quantification in natural language. Finally, the author discusses the topic of quantification in relation to adverbial quantification and argues that all quantifiers involve matching. [Extracted from the article]