Non-definiteness and plurality

Author(s)

• Vogeleer, Svetlana
• Tasmowski, Liliane

Bibliographic Information

Non-definiteness and plurality

edited by Svetlana Vogeleer, Liliane Tasmowski

（Linguistik aktuell, v. 95）

J. Benjamins, c2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction (by Vogeleer, Svetlana)
• 2. Part I. Non-definiteness, Plurality, and Incorporation
• 3. The meaningful bounds of incorporation (by Carlson, Greg N.)
• 4. Bare nouns, number and types of incorporation (by Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen)
• 5. The unmarked determiner (by Farkas, Donka F.)
• 6. Bare objects in Korean: (Pseudo-)incorporation and (in)definiteness (by Kwon, Song-Nim)
• 7. Bare plurals in object position: Which verbs fail to give existential readings, and why? (by Glasbey, Sheila)
• 8. Part II. Alternatives to the Incorporation Approach: Relating Non-Definiteness and Plurality to Aspect
• 9. Aspectual implications of the semantics of plural indefinites (by Swart, Henriette E. de)
• 10. Indefinites, quantifiers and pluractionals: What scope effects tell us about event pluralities (by Laca, Brenda)
• 11. Generic sentences and bare plurals (by Gueron, Jacqueline)
• 12. Part III. Numerical Non-definites
• 13. Indefinite t ime phrases, in situ scope, and dual-perspective intensionality (by Landman, Fred)
• 14. Identity of the domain of quantification for numerals (by Kobuchi-Philip, Mana)
• 15. Scope shift with numeral indefinites: Syntax or processing? (by Reinhart, Tanya)
• 16. Take 'five': The meaning and use of a number word (by Geurts, Bart)
• 17. The semantics of paranumerals (by Corblin, Francis)
• 18. Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA79813196
• ISBN:
  • 9027233594
• LCCN: 2006049883
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 358 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P299.D43
  • DC22 : 401/.43
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Definiteness (Linguistics)
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Numerals
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00524923