On weak definites and their contribution to event kinds
Espinal, M. Teresa (Maria Teresa) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Cyrino, Sonia (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brasil))

Publicación:	John Benjamins Publishing, 2017
Descripción:	29 pag.
Resumen:	In this paper we focus on the meaning of definite DPs that allow a weak reading. We review three different proposals for weak definites, and we present a new analysis with special reference to Romance languages. We submit that the eventual weak reading of a definite DP and its contribution to a 'familiar' kind of activity is exclusively dependent on whether certain stereotypical information encoded on the N present in the DP is activated at the time of utterance interpretation. These DPs do not refer to kinds and do not correspond to incorporated objects. Hence, their interpretation is not compositionally driven, but rather pragmatically inferred. We predict that the identification of weak definites takes place beyond grammar and is constrained by encyclopedic information.
Ayudas:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación FFI2014-52015-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014-SGR-1013
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Brazilian/Spanish Mobility Program CAPES/DGU (grants 305/2013, PHB2012-0214-PC), CNPq-Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (grant 303742/2013-5), and FAPESP- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (grant 2012/06078-9).
Derechos:	Tots els drets reservats.
Lengua:	Anglès
Colección:	Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today ; 239
Documento:	Capítol de llibre ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Publicado en:	Boundaries, Phases and Interfaces: Case studies in honor of Violeta Demonte, 2017, p. 129-150, ISBN 9789027265722

DOI: 10.1075/la.239.07esp

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