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The Semantics and Pragmatics of Bare Singular Noun Phrases

Description:

This dissertation examines the behavior of bare singular noun phrases, a set of English nominals showing no formal indication of either definiteness or mass/ count status. Although they appear to be count nouns, I show that these nominals represent maximal projections.

Keyword:

semantics, noun phrases, activity implicature, familiarity implicature, and maximal projections

Subject:

Linguistics

Creator:

Laurel Smith Stvan

Owner:

Chris Diaz

Date Uploaded:

06/12/2020

Date Modified:

06/12/2020

Date Created:

1998

Resource Type:

Dissertation