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Wed Dec 06 2006

Books: Semantics/Syntax: Vogeleer, Tasmowski (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Non-definiteness and Plurality: Vogeleer, Tasmowski (Eds)
Message 1: Non-definiteness and Plurality: Vogeleer, Tasmowski (Eds)
Date: 01-Dec-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Non-definiteness and Plurality: Vogeleer, Tasmowski (Eds)


Title: Non-definiteness and Plurality Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 95 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
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Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2095

Editor: Svetlana Vogeleer Editor: Liliane Tasmowski Hardback: ISBN: 9027233594 Pages: 358 Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027233594 Pages: 358 Price: Europe EURO 150.00
Abstract:

This collection of studies by leading scholars in the field focuses on thesemantics of non-definite (bare and indefinite) plural NPs. Thecontributions in the first part concentrate on bare plurals and theircross-linguistic counterparts. They discuss applicability of the notion of'semantic incorporation' to bare plurals by contrasting them to baresingulars, with the aim of accounting for the interaction between thesemantics of number and the degree of (in)dependency of the NP with respectto the verb. The articles in the second part examine the relationshipbetween the semantics of number and the semantics of aspect. Thecontributions in the third part concentrate on non-definite numerical nounphrases by addressing a range of fundamental questions such as: thesemantics of indefinite time-phrases, numericals in classifier- andnon-classifier languages, scope interactions, the at least- andexactly-readings, referential properties of numericals. The volume will bewelcomed by linguists interested in the semantics of number in non-definiteNPs.

Table of contents

IntroductionSvetlana Vogeleer and Liliane Tasmowski 1-32Part I. Non-definiteness, Plurality, and IncorporationThe meaningful bounds of incorporationGreg N. Carlson 35-50Bare nouns, number and types of incorporationCarmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Tonia Bleam and M. Teresa Espinal 51-79The unmarked determinerDonka F. Farkas 81-105Bare objects in Korean: (Pseudo-)incorporation and (in)definitenessSong-Nim Kwon and Anne Zribi-Hertz 107-132Bare plurals in object position: Which verbs fail to give existentialreadings, and why?Sheila Glasbey 133-157Part II. Alternatives to the Incorporation Approach: RelatingNon-Definiteness and Plurality to AspectAspectual implications of the semantics of plural indefinitesHenriette de Swart 161-189Indefinites, quantifiers and pluractionals: What scope effects tell usabout event pluralitiesBrenda Laca 191-217Generic sentences and bare pluralsJacqueline Guéron 219-234Part III. Numerical Non-definitesIndefinite time phrases, in situ scope, and dual-perspective intensionalityFred Landman 237-266Identity of the domain of quantification for numeralsMana Kobuchi-Philip 267-290Scope shift with numeral indefinites: Syntax or processing?Tanya Reinhart 291-310Take 'five': The meaning and use of a number wordBart Geurts 311-329The semantics of paranumeralsFrancis Corblin 331-353Index 355-358

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics                             Syntax
Written In: English (eng )

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