Crosslinguistic studies on noun phrase structure and reference / edited by Patricia Cabredo Hofher, Anne Zribi-Hertz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabredo Hofherr, Patricia, 1970-

Zribi-Hertz, Anne.

Series:

Syntax and Semantics 39.

Syntax and semantics, 0092-4563 ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Contributors include: Željko Bošković, Patricia Cabredo Hofherr, Edit Doron, Nomi Erteschik Shir, Brigitte Garcia, Elaine Grolla, Tania Ionin, Loïc Jean-Louis, Makoto Kaneko, Marika Lekakou, Silvina Montrul, Ana Müller, Asya Pereltsvaig, Marie-Anne Sallandre, Helade Santos, Serkan Şener, Rebekka Studler, Kriszta Szendröi, Anne Zribi-Hertz.

Contents:

Front Matter / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr and Anne Zribi-Hertz

Introduction / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr and Anne Zribi-Hertz

Information Structure and (In)definiteness / Nomi Erteschik-Shir

On Number and Numberlessness in Languages with and without Articles / Asya Pereltsvaig

The Cognitive Basis of the Mass-Count Distinction: Evidence from Bare Nouns / Edit Doron and Ana Müller

The Turkish NP / Željko Bošković and Serkan Şener

The Morphology, Syntax and Semantics of Definite Determiners in Swiss German / Rebekka Studler

Reduced Definite Articles with Restrictive Relative Clauses / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr

When Determiners Abound: Implications for the Encoding of Definiteness / Marika Lekakou and Kriszta Szendrői

The Semantics and Syntax of Japanese Adnominal Demonstratives / Makoto Kaneko

From Noun to Name: On Definiteness Marking in Modern Martinikè / Anne Zribi-Hertz and Loic Jean-Louis

Reference Resolution in French Sign Language (LSF) / Brigitte Garcia and Marie-Anne Sallandre

When Articles Have Different Meanings: Acquiring the Expression of Genericity in English and Brazilian Portuguese / Tania Ionin , Elaine Grolla , Silvina Montrul and Hélade Santos

Indexes / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr and Anne Zribi-Hertz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004261440

9004261443

OCLC:

865650149

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004261440 DOI