Aristotelian syllogisms and generalized quantifiers

Studia Logica 48 (4):577-585 (1989)
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The paper elaborates two points: i) There is no principal opposition between predicate logic and adherence to subject-predicate form, ii) Aristotle's treatment of quantifiers fits well into a modern study of generalized quantifiers.

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Generalized quantifiers and natural language.John Barwise & Robin Cooper - 1981 - Linguistics and Philosophy 4 (2):159--219.
On a generalization of quantifiers.Andrzej Mostowski - 1957 - Fundamenta Mathematicae 44 (2):12--36.
Questions about quantifiers.Johan van Benthem - 1984 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 49 (2):443-466.

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