New perspectives on bare noun phrases in romance and beyond /

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.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. Linguistic change. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. Linguistic change. Electronic book. Electronic books.
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. Print version record.
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

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Summary:	This book envisions the study of bare noun phrases as a field of research in its own right rather than an accessory matter in the wider domain of nominal determination. Combining insights from different theoretical backgrounds and extending the empirical coverage of bare noun phenomena, the ten contributions provide new perspectives on long-standing but still actively debated problems as well as investigations into previously ignored issues. The volume focuses on the wide range of bare noun phenomena in Romance languages, including Spanish, Catalan, Brazilian and European Portuguese, Italian and French; but also widens its inherently comparative perspective to languages such as Bulgarian and Modern Hebrew. The authors discuss the importance of cross-linguistic patterns in the modeling of the syntax and semantics of noun phrases and of common noun denotations, the role of information structure as well as that of discourse traditions and coordination.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789027271259 9027271259 1306090628 9781306090629 9789027206084 9027206082