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Author Gianollo, Chiara

Title Determiners and Quantifiers Functions, Variation, and Change
Published Boston : BRILL, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (333 p.)
Series Syntax and Semantics Ser
Syntax and Semantics Ser
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Reference and Quantification in Nominal Phrases: The Current Landscape and the Way Ahead (Gianollo, von Heusinger and Napoli) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interface Issues -- 3. Reference and Quantification between Morphosyntax and Interpretation: Articles -- 4. Reference and Quantification between Morphosyntax and Interpretation: Indefinites -- 5. Reference and Quantification in Discourse -- 6. Reference and Quantification in Diachrony -- 7. Conclusion -- References
Chapter 2. Definite Plural Generics in English: Evidence from De-adjectival Nominalization (Alexiadou) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. D + Adj Combinations and Genericity -- 3. The Syntax of Generic D + Adj Combinations -- 3.1. Distinguishing between DPGs and BPs Structurally -- 3.2. The Syntax of DPGs Involving Adjectives -- 4. English vs. Romance DPs and Genericity -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Syntax of OE DP -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. Quantification and Classification in Romance Plural Indefinites: From Number to Seinsart? (Squartini) -- 1. Introduction
2. Quantification, Classification and Reference -- 3. The Paradigmatic Opposition Singular vs Plural: Differences and Similarities in Romance -- 3.1. French, Italian and Spanish -- 3.2. Some Caveats: Semantics and Syntax -- 3.3. Different "Partitive" Forms -- 3.4. A Preliminary Sketch: Forms and Functions -- 4. Romance Classifiers: Singulars and Plurals or Singulars Only? -- 4.1. Herslund's Focus on Forms -- 4.2. Spanish unos: A "Collective" Marker? -- 4.3. Spanish unos and Italian dei: Classification and Referentiality
4.4. Herslund's and Stark's Classificational Interpretations of Plurality -- 5. The Multifarious Nature of Plurality -- 5.1. The Interface between Cognition and Grammar -- 5.2. Two Opposite Cognitive Patterns -- 5.3. Cognitive Patterns vs Grammatical Expressions -- 6. Can Number Be Independent from Seinsart? Crucial Data from Romance Varieties -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Topics and the Interpretation of Referential Null Subjects (Leonetti) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Preference for Topical Antecedents -- 3. A Syntactic Condition on Topics?
3.1. Frascarelli (2007, 2018): Licensing of NSs by an Aboutness Topic -- 3.2. Against a Syntactic Approach -- 4. The Interpretation of Referential Null Subjects: How Much Depends on Grammar? -- 4.1. Conceptual Problems with the Notion of Topic -- 4.2. Why a Pragmatic Approach Is To Be Preferred -- 4.3. Definiteness -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Specificity and Questions of Specification (Onea) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Erotetic Theory of Indefiniteness -- 2.1. Three Phenomena and the Questions They Raise -- 2.2. The Proposal
Notes Description based upon print version of record
3. Scope Control by Indefinites: A Case Study
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Determiners.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers.
Reference (Linguistics)
Form Electronic book
Author von Heusinger, Klaus
Napoli, Maria
ISBN 9789004473324
9004473327