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Bare and Not-So-Bare Nouns and the Structure of NP
Linguistic Inquiry, 1999 This article examines the distribution and interpretational variability of bare nouns and [classifier+noun] phrases in Cantonese and Mandarin. We argue that bare nouns are never bare in structure and that [classifier+noun] phrases may have more structure than just Classifier Phrase.
Sybesma, R.P.E., Cheng, L.L.
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Indefinite readings of referential null subjects and null objects in Spanish
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2023 It has been claimed in the literature that referential null subjects receive definite readings in consistent null-subject languages, like Spanish. That is why they are said to display the typical behavior of definite pronouns (pro). However, referential
Carlos Martínez García
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Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2004 In this paper, I argue that bare plural noun phrases in Spanish unambiguously denote properties of individuals. I begin by using evidence from their incompatibility with kind-level predicates to show that Spanish bare plurals do not denote kinds.
Louise McNally
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Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2023 This article investigates indefinite DPs in some Romance varieties spoken in border contexts between linguistic groups. Specifically, we will consider Occitan and Franco-Provençal varieties of western Piedmont, the western Ligurian dialects, the Lombard-
Leonardo Maria Savoia, Benedetta Baldi
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Satellite-framed lexicalization of creation events in French?
Isogloss, 2022 As a typical verb-framed language, French has only limited ability to combine manner verbs with result-denoting constituents in the VP. Based on an event structural approach, this contribution explores the compatibility of different types of manner ...
Barbara Schirakowski
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Les constructions de type Nc-Npr avec et sans déterminant :comparaison français-allemand
Corela, 2023 This French and German contrastive study is about constructions made of a noun phrase (sometimes limited to a single noun) and a name, such as Le capitaine Haddock / Kapitän Haddock ; l’oncle Charles /Onkel Karl ; Le poète Gottfried Benn /der Dichter ...
Stéphanie Benoist
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Syntactic and semantic issues in sequences of the type (Adjective)-Noun-(Adjective)
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2013 This paper focuses on some properties of agreement inside the Noun Phrase, especially in what concerns adjectives and “adjectival quantifiers”, based on spoken corpora of Brazilian Portuguese and of the five African varieties of Portuguese (with special ...
Amália Mendes, Matilde Miguel
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Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2020 This paper explores the countability of deverbal bare singular nouns in Brazilian Portuguese, such as chute ‘kick’ in Maria deu mais chute ‘Maria did more kicking/Maria did more kicks’. More specifically, it investigates whether the aspectual information
Adriana Leitão Martins, Suzi Lima
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Words are rarely produced in isolation. Yet, our understanding of multi-word production, and especially its time course, is still rather poor. In this research, we use event-related potentials to examine the production of multi-word noun phrases in the ...
Audrey eBürki, Marina eLaganaro
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What’s specific about bann ? Le lien entre « spécificité » et interprétation exclusive
Études CréolesThe (non)specific interpretation of noun phrases is a recurrent issue in studies on creole languages. Some theories (Bickerton, 1981) had even claimed that the specificity distinction was a distinctive feature of creole languages.
Ulrike Albers
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