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Sovpadenie? Frame manipulation with bare nouns
Russian Linguistics, 2019The paper deals with the use of bare nouns in a non-coordination-based context. In the first part, the communicational function of the bare noun construction is analysed as part of a more general use of bare nouns for labelling evoked semantic frames. The specific subset of bare nouns depends on one or more propositions in the left context and provides
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Genericity, (In)Definiteness and Bare Nouns
2012Chapter 7 assumes the current account of the generic reading of singular indefinites, relying on an LF representation in which a Q-adverb binds the variable supplied by the indefinite. This type of LF is argued to be illegitimate for plural and mass indefinites (due to a violation of an individuability constraint on quantification), which explains why ...
Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Claire Beyssade
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Nguni Bare Nouns: Licensing without Case
Linguistic InquiryNguni bare or augmentless ([−A]) nominals are licit only as strict negative dependents and wh-words. They may not appear in a preverbal subject position unless local to a negation-licensed [−A] complementizer of a subjunctive clause (Pietraszko 2021). This pattern motivates an analysis in terms of negative concord and a labeling theory approach to the ...
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Less form – more meaning: Why bare singular nouns are special
Lingua, 2009Henriette De Swart, Joost Zwarts
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Definiteness and argument position in the interpretation of bare nouns
Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 2022exaly
When bare nouns scope wide. The case of Malagasy
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2015Ileana Paul
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