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