Redefining indefinites

Redefining indefinites

by Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen

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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 type…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Redefining indefinites / Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Claire Beyssade.

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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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:Dordrecht
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 268 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789400730021, 9400730020
  • oclc:ocn793341841
  • LC Classification:P299.D43
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.43

Subjects

Definiteness (Linguistics) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… linguistics Romance languages Sciences humaines Sciences sociales semantics

Writers

Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen Beyssade, Claire

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