Making a definite be interpreted as an indefinite

This paper proposes a novel analysis for the Basque definite determiner [-a] where it is argued, in opposition to other scholars (cf. Artiagoitia, 2002, 2006 where [-a] is argued to be a number marker when it gets the existential narrow scope interpretation), that the Basque definite determiner (des...

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Main Author: Urtzi Etxeberria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/109