The structure of (in)definiteness

Lingua

Volumn 115, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 915-936

  Zamparelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Definites; Determiner phrase; Indefiniteness; Indefinites; Linguistics; Scope; Specificity; Syntax semantics interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244263331     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2004.01.004     Document Type: Note

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