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1 online resource |
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Syntax and Semantics ; 39 |
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Syntax and semantics ; 39.
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| Contents |
Information structure and (in)definiteness / Nomi Erteschik-Shir -- On number and numberlessness in languages with and without articles / Asya Pereltsvaig -- The cognitive basis of the mass-count distinction : evidence from bare nouns / Edit Doron and Ana Muller -- The Turkish NP / Zeljko Boskovic and Serkan Sener -- The morphology, syntax and semantics of definite determiners in Swiss German / Rebekka Studler -- Reduced definite articles with restrictive relative clauses / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr -- When determiners abound : implications for the encoding of definiteness / Marika Lekakou and Kriszta Szendroi -- The semantics and syntax of Japanese adnominal demonstratives / Makoto Kaneko -- From noun to name : on definiteness marking in modern Martinike / Anne Zribi-Hertz and Loic Jean-Louis -- Reference resolution in French sign language : the effects of the visuo-gestual modality / Brigitte Garcia and Marie-Anne Sallandre -- When articles have different meanings : acquiring the expression of genericity in English and Brazilian Portuguese / Tania Ionin, Elaine Grolla, Silvina Montrul and Helade Santos |
| Summary |
Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference presents 11 studies on the grammar of noun phrases. Part One explores structure and interpretation with respect to general linguistic categories (x-bar, number, countability, information structure). Parts Two and Three explore the workings of 'definiteness' marking |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306210178 |
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9781306210171 |
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9004261443 |
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9789004261440 |
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