Uniqueness in languages with and without articles : Catalan vs Russian
Seres Guillen, Daria 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Borràs Comes, Joan Manel 1984-

(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Espinal, M. Teresa 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
| Additional title: |
Unikatowość w językach z i bez rodzajników : kataloński vs rosyjski |
| Date: |
2021 |
| Abstract: |
The article compares the interpretation of singular topical nominals in Romance (Catalan) and Slavic (Russian), and its relation to the presence/absence of the article in the overt morphosyntax. The empirical study, presented in this paper, confirmed the theoretical prediction that in Catalan the presence of a definite article conveys uniqueness of the referent, while an indefinite article suggests nonuniqueness. In the absence of articles (in Russian), bare nominals are compatible with both a uniqueness and a non-uniqueness interpretation. The reading of a bare noun phrase is inferred pragmatically, depending on contextual factors and the background knowledge of the interlocutors. |
| Grants: |
Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-112801GB-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-634
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| Rights: |
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| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: |
Fraza nominalna ;
Rodzajniki ;
Określoność ;
Unikatowość ;
Noun phrase ;
Articles ;
Definiteness ;
Uniqueness |
| Published in: |
Beyond Philology An International Journal of Linguistics, Literary Studies and English Language Teaching, Vol. 18 Núm. 3 (2021) , p. 163-195, ISSN 2451-1498 |
Adreça alternativa: https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/beyond/article/view/6862
DOI: 10.26881/bp.2021.3.06
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