This paper deals with the metaphorical exploitation of nouns like avalancha ‘avalanche’,
nube ‘cloud’ and ola ‘wave’ in Spanish pseudo-partitive constructions (PPCs)
of the type avalancha de información ‘avalanche of information’ and PP-adverbials,
such as la gente entró en avalancha ‘the people… read more
The purpose of this article is to substantiate the claim that the semantic feature of homogeneity manifests itself differently in different languages. By contrasting data from Spanish and Danish it is shown that homogeneity is lexically coded in Danish nouns, whereas Spanish nouns are lexically… read more
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the CDT annotation design with special emphasis on the modelling of the interface between the syntactic level and two other linguistic levels, viz. morphology and discourse. In connection with the description of NP annotation we present the… read more
To many informants the semantic difference between the following two types of nominal syntagmatic compounds (NSCs) in Spanish seems almost undetectable or maybe even non-existent.a. Crisis de la energía (energy crisis), crisis del petróleo (oil crisis), puesta del sol(sun set)[internal structure:… read more
This is a volume which brings together scholars of diverse theoretical persuasions who all share an interest in capturing the role that determination plays in nominals. There is a long tradition of exploring the role of determination in reference assignment and the interplay of determination with… read more