Redefining Indefinites

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen (Συγγραφέας), Beyssade, Claire (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 85
• Θέματα: Linguistics.; Romance languages.; Semantics.; Romance Languages.

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, th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Introduction . Chapter 1: Why indefinites?
•  Chapter 2: Bare Noun Phrases
•  Chapter 3: Existential sentences
•  Chapter 4: The ambiguity of indefinites: towards a denotational definition of the weak/strong distinction
•  Chapter 5: Disambiguating indefinites
•  Chapter 6: The Scope of Indefinites
•  Chapter 7: Genericity, (In)Definiteness and Bare Nouns
•  Chapter 8: Dependent Indefinites in Donkey-Sentences
•  Appendix
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Subject Index.