Research Catalog

Title

Redefining indefinites / Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Claire Beyssade.

Author

Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen, 1952-

Publication

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.

Holdings

Details

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.)