New perspectives on bare noun phrases in romance and beyond /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Studies in Language Companion Series ; 141
Studies in language companion series ; 141.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210540
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Other authors / contributors:Kabatek, Johannes.
Wall, Albert (Linguist)
ISBN:9789027271259
9027271259
1306090628
9781306090629
9789027206084
9027206082
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This paper investigates distributional and semantic properties of two kinds of indefinite NPs in Bulgarian: bare nouns vs. NPs headed by edin 'one'. The central question, which constitutes a subject of intense debate in the literature, is whether there is a semantic (and pragmatic) difference between these two kinds of indefinites. It will be argued in favour of such a distinction. This claim is supported by different properties which these two kinds of Bulgarian indefinites display concerning their scope behaviour in opaque contexts, the choice of discourse anaphora, the use of wh-words, and.
Other form:Print version: New perspectives on bare noun phrases in romance and beyond 9789027206084