Chapter 2
The literature on Brazilian Portuguese bare nominals
Article outline
- 2.1BNs in (more or less) traditional grammars
- 2.2The issue of syntactic and semantic parameters
- 2.3Argumenthood and reference
- 2.4Genericity and the notion of kinds
- 2.5Mass or count or neither?
- 2.6Bare plurals and agreement
- 2.7(In)definiteness
- 2.8Information structure
- 2.9Incorporation
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2.10Acquisition
- 2.11Interim balance
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2.11.1On problems and consensus
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2.11.2Desiderata
- 2.12The diachronic perspective: Kabatek 2002
- 2.12.1Do the Romance articles follow some grammaticalization cycle?
- 2.12.2Implications from Kabatek (2002) for a synchronic analysis of BrP BSs
- 2.13Wrapping up: The two basic theoretical and empirical questions
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Notes