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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778592003321

Titolo

Determiners [[electronic resource] ] : universals and variation / / edited by Jila Ghomeshi, Ileana Paul, Martina Wiltschko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa. ; ; Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2009

ISBN

1-282-39545-9

9786612395451

90-272-8895-X

Descrizione fisica

247 p

Collana

Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 147

Altri autori (Persone)

GhomeshiJila

PaulIleana

WiltschkoMartina

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Determiners

Definiteness (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Determiners: universals and variation / Jila Ghomeshi, Ileana Paul & Martina Wiltschko -- Part I. The features of determiners: what's in a determiner and how did it get there? / Martina Wiltschko -- The proper D connection / Jila Ghomeshi & Diane Massam -- Argumenthood, pronouns, and nominal feature geometry / Elizabeth Cowper & Daniel Currie Hall -- Part II. The function of determiners: from local blocking to Cyclic Agree: the role and meaning of determiners in the history of French / Eric Mathieu -- Kinds of predicates and reference to kinds in Hebrew / Keren Tonciulescu -- Part III. Definiteness and beyond: on the presence versus absence of determiners in Malagasy / Ileana Paul -- The semantic core of determiners: evidence from Skwxwú7mesh / Carrie Gillon.