Non-definiteness and plurality /
This collection of studies by leading scholars in the field focuses on the semantics of non-definite (bare and indefinite) plural NPs. The contributions in the first part concentrate on bare plurals and their cross-linguistic counterparts. They discuss applicability of the notion of 'semantic i...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autres auteurs: | , |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
2006.
|
Collection: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 95. |
Sujets: | |
Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Non-definiteness and Plurality; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; I. Non-definiteness, Plurality, and Incorporation; The meaningful bounds of incorporation; Bare nouns, number and types of incorporation; The unmarked determiner; Bare objects in Korean; Bare plurals in object position; II. Alternatives to the Incorporation Approach; Aspectual implications of the semantics of plural indefinites; Indefinites, quantifiers and pluractionals; Generic sentences and bare plurals; III. Numerical Non-definites.