Redefining Indefinites
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, th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction . Chapter 1: Why indefinites?
- Chapter 2: Bare Noun Phrases
- Chapter 3: Existential sentences
- Chapter 4: The ambiguity of indefinites: towards a denotational definition of the weak/strong distinction
- Chapter 5: Disambiguating indefinites
- Chapter 6: The Scope of Indefinites
- Chapter 7: Genericity, (In)Definiteness and Bare Nouns
- Chapter 8: Dependent Indefinites in Donkey-Sentences
- Appendix
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Subject Index