%0 Journal Article
%T Quantifier <i>None</i> and Its Relation to the Concept of Zero
%A Zaina Tsouhlaris
%J Open Journal of Modern Linguistics
%P 95-115
%@ 2164-2834
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojml.2024.141006
%X Native speakers of English use the negative quantifier <i>none</i> in constructions followed by the singular or the plural form of the main verb in a sentence like <i>None (of the students) is/are present</i>. This article intends to explain why such choice is permissible and under which semantic circumstances. Our explanation is based on a possible relation between quantifier none and the concept of ˇ°zeroˇ±, ˇ°nothingnessˇ± or ˇ°zeronessˇ± as we would like to name it, as well as the collective interpretation of ˇ°zeroˇ± as a cardinal with 0 value or the result of a mental subtraction that overlaps with the semantics of the empty set, i.e., a set with no members at all.
%K Semantics
%K English Grammar
%K Quantifier None
%K ˇ°Nothingnessˇ±
%K Zero
%K ˇ°Zeronessˇ±
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131484