Chapter published in:
Bare Nominals in Brazilian Portuguese: An integral approach
Albert Wall
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 245] 2017
► pp. 1–52

Chapter 1
Introduction

Article outline
  • 1.1The orientation and organization of this work
  • 1.2What data do we want to account for?
  • 1.3(Bare) Nominals in Brazilian Portuguese and linguistic theory
    • 1.3.1Nominal semantics
      • 1.3.1.1(In)definiteness
      • 1.3.1.2Mass/count and seinsarten
      • 1.3.1.3Reference and referential anchoring
      • 1.3.1.4Genericity
      • 1.3.1.5Further assumptions
    • 1.3.2Syntax: DP or not DP is not the question
      • 1.3.2.1DP/NP and parameters
      • 1.3.2.2Zero/null/empty Ds
      • 1.3.2.3Strong syntax in spite of “weak” phonetics and phonology?
      • 1.3.2.4Consequences for parametric analyses
      • 1.3.2.5New questions about the BrP data
    • 1.3.3The interface problem: From syntax to acoustics – and back again
  • 1.4Empirical demands, challenges, and a research program
    • 1.4.1Towards a “serious corpus study” on BrP BNs
    • 1.4.2Methodological issues in acceptability judgment tasks on BrP BNs
    • 1.4.3Exploring phonetics/phonology and perception
  • 1.5Towards an integral approach