| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) |
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Studies in natural language and linguistic theory, 0924-4670 ; v. 85 |
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Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 85.
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| Contents |
Why Indefinites? -- Bare Noun Phrases -- Existential Sentences -- The Ambiguity of Indefinites: Towards a Denotational Definition of the Weak/Strong Distinction -- Disambiguating Indefinites -- The Scope of Indefinites -- Genericity, (In)Definiteness and Bare Nouns -- Dependent Indefinites in Donkey Sentences |
| Summary |
This volume explores the interpretation of indefinites and the constraints on their distribution by paying particular attention to key issues in the interface between syntax and semantics: the relation between the semantic properties of indefinite determiners and the denotation of indefinite DPs, their scope, and their behaviour in generic and conditional sentences. Examples come from French, other Romance languages and English. Central to the proposed analyses is a distinction between two types of entities, individualized entities and amounts. Weak indefinites are analyzed as existential gene |
| Analysis |
Linguistics |
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Romance languages |
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Semantics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Definiteness (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Definiteness (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beyssade, Claire.
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| ISBN |
9789400730021 |
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9400730020 |
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