Non-definiteness and Plurality
Editors
Svetlana Vogeleer | Institut Libre Marie Haps, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Liliane Tasmowski | University of Antwerp
This collection of studies by leading scholars in the field focuses on the semantics of non-definite (bare and indefinite) plural NPs. The contributions in the first part concentrate on bare plurals and their cross-linguistic counterparts. They discuss applicability of the notion of ‘semantic incorporation’ to bare plurals by contrasting them to bare singulars, with the aim of accounting for the interaction between the semantics of number and the degree of (in)dependency of the NP with respect to the verb. The articles in the second part examine the relationship between the semantics of number and the semantics of aspect. The contributions in the third part concentrate on non-definite numerical noun phrases by addressing a range of fundamental questions such as: the semantics of indefinite time-phrases, numericals in classifier- and non-classifier languages, scope interactions, the at least- and exactly-readings, referential properties of numericals. The volume will be welcomed by linguists interested in the semantics of number in non-definite NPs.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 95] 2006. vi, 358 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionSvetlana Vogeleer and Liliane Tasmowski | pp. 1–32
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Part I. Non-definiteness, Plurality, and Incorporation
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The meaningful bounds of incorporationGreg N. Carlson | pp. 35–50
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Bare nouns, number and types of incorporationCarmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Tonia Bleam and M. Teresa Espinal | pp. 51–79
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The unmarked determinerDonka F. Farkas | pp. 81–105
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Bare objects in Korean: (Pseudo-)incorporation and (in)definitenessSong-Nim Kwon and Anne Zribi-Hertz | pp. 107–132
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Bare plurals in object position: Which verbs fail to give existential readings, and why?Sheila Glasbey | pp. 133–157
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Part II. Alternatives to the Incorporation Approach: Relating Non-Definiteness and Plurality to Aspect
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Aspectual implications of the semantics of plural indefinitesHenriette E. de Swart | pp. 161–189
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Indefinites, quantifiers and pluractionals: What scope effects tell us about event pluralitiesBrenda Laca | pp. 191–217
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Generic sentences and bare pluralsJacqueline Guéron | pp. 219–234
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Part III. Numerical Non-definites
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Indefinite t ime phrases, in situ scope, and dual-perspective intensionalityFred Landman | pp. 237–266
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Identity of the domain of quantification for numeralsMana Kobuchi-Philip | pp. 267–290
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Scope shift with numeral indefinites: Syntax or processing?Tanya Reinhart | pp. 291–310
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Take ‘five’: The meaning and use of a number wordBart Geurts | pp. 311–329
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The semantics of paranumeralsFrancis Corblin | pp. 331–353
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Index | pp. 355–358
“I recommend this book to anyone interested in the recent advances in the description and theory of bare plurals, bare singulars, and numeral phrases and in the relevance of aspect in relation to these expressions.”
Eric Mathieu, University of Ottawa, in Journal of Linguistics 43, 2007
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