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Redefining indefinites / Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Claire Beyssade.

Title
Redefining indefinites / Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Claire Beyssade.
Author
Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen, 1952-
Publication
Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.

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Additional Authors
Beyssade, Claire
Description
xv, 268 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in natural language and linguistic theory, 0924-4670 ; v. 85
Uniform Title
Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 85.
Subject
Definiteness (Linguistics)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why Indefinites? -- Bare Noun Phrases -- Existential Sentences -- The Ambiguity of Indefinites : Towards a Denotational Definition of the Weak/Strong Distinction -- Disambiguating Indefinites -- The Scope of Indefinites -- Genericity, (In)Definiteness and Bare Nouns -- Dependent Indefinites in Donkey Sentences.
ISBN
  • 9789400730014 (hbk.)
  • 9400730012 (hbk.)