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Number Marking and (in)Definiteness in Kind Terms.

This paper explores the link between number marking and (in)definiteness in nominals and their interpretation. Differences between bare singulars and plurals in languages without determiners are explained by treating bare nominals as kind terms. Differences arise, it is argued, because singular and...

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Published in:Linguistics & Philosophy Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 393 - 451
Main Author: Dayal, Veneeta
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2004
Subjects:
Definiteness (Linguistics)
Language & languages
Comparative grammar
Taxonomy
Linguistics
Lexical grammar
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