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In [[linguistics|linguistic]] [[semantics]], a '''generalized quantifier''' is an expression that denotes a [[set of sets]]. This is the standard semantics assigned to [[Quantifier (linguistics)|quantified]] [[noun phrase]]s. For example, the generalized quantifier ''every boy'' denotes the set of sets of which every boy is a member.

:: <math>\{X \,|\, \{x \,|\, \mbox{x is a boy}\} \subseteq X \}</math>