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When Determiners Abound: Implications for the Encoding of Definiteness

Lekakou, M; Szendroi, K; (2013) When Determiners Abound: Implications for the Encoding of Definiteness. In: CabredoHofherr, P and ZribiHertz, A, (eds.) Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference. (pp. 212-238). Brill Green open access

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Abstract

Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference contains 11 studies on the grammar of noun phrases. Part One explores NP-structure and the impact of information structure, countability and number marking on interpretation, using data from Russian, Armenian, Hebrew, Brazilian Portuguese, Karitiana, Turkish, English, Catalan and Danish. Part Two examines language specific definiteness marking strategies in spoken and signed languages—differentiated definiteness marking in Germanic, double definiteness in Greek, adnominal demonstratives in Japanese, ‘weak’ definiteness in Martiniké and the special referring options made avilable by signing. Part Three examines the second-language acquisition of genericity in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in syntax, formal semantics, and language acquisition.

Type: Book chapter
Title: When Determiners Abound: Implications for the Encoding of Definiteness
ISBN-13: 978-90-04-26082-5
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1163/9789004261440_009
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004261440_009
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Linguistics, Language & Linguistics, POLYDEFINITES, FORM
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10077450
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