Bare Plurals

The Blackwell Companion to Syntax

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 214-259

  Delfitto, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carlson's approach; Empirical issues; Generic contexts; Implicit quantifier; Polyphonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891000318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996591.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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