Bare Nominals and Number in Brazilian and European Portuguese

This paper investigates the semantics of bare nominals (BNs) in Brazilian and in European Portuguese. More specifically, it addresses the constraints regarding their occurrence and interpretation in these languages, and evaluates their implications for the Nominal Mapping Parameter as proposed in Ch...

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Main Authors: Ana Müller, Fátima Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2004-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/17