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Weak Referentiality Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today (LA) Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today (LA) provides a platform for original monograph studies into synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Studies in LA confront empirical and theoretical problems as these are currently discussed in syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, and systematic pragmatics with the aim to establish robust empirical generalizations within a universalistic perspective. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http://benjamins.com/catalog/la General Editors Werner Abraham Elly van Gelderen Universität Wien / Arizona State University Ludwig Maximilian Universität München Advisory Editorial Board Josef Bayer Christer Platzack University of Konstanz University of Lund Cedric Boeckx Ian Roberts ICREA/UB Cambridge University Guglielmo Cinque Lisa deMena Travis University of Venice McGill University Liliane Haegeman Sten Vikner University of Ghent University of Aarhus Hubert Haider C. Jan-Wouter Zwart University of Salzburg University of Groningen Terje Lohndal Norwegian University of Science and Technology Volume 219 Weak Referentiality Edited by Ana Aguilar-Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn and Joost Zwarts Weak Referentiality Edited by Ana Aguilar-Guevara Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Bert Le Bruyn Joost Zwarts Utrecht University John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of 8 the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weak referentiality / Edited by Ana Aguilar-Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn and Joost Zwarts. p. cm. (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, issn 0166-0829 ; v. 219) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Role and reference grammar. 2. Reference (Linguistics) 3. Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun phrase. 4. Phraseology. 5. Functionalism (Linguistics) I. Aguilar-Guevara, Ana. II. Bruyn, Bert Le. III. Zwarts, Joost. P325.5.R44W43 2014 401’.456--dc23 2014028102 isbn 978 90 272 5702 4 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 6938 6 (Eb) © 2014 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa Table of content List of contributors vii List of abbreviations ix Advances in weak referentiality 1 Ana Aguilar-Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn & Joost Zwarts Modal inferences in marked indefinites: The case of German irgend-indefinites 17 Maria Aloni & Angelika Port Epistemic and scopal properties of some indefinites 45 Tania Ionin Antonymic prepositions and weak referentiality 73 Tibor Kiss & Claudia Roch Weak referentiality and Russian instrumental nominals 101 Lidia Bogatyreva & M. Teresa Espinal Predicate nominals in Papiamentu: A comparison with Brazilian Portuguese and other languages 129 Cristina Schmitt & Ellen-Petra Kester Many a plural 157 Eric Mathieu Telic definites and their prepositions: French and Serbian 183 Tijana Ašić & Francis Corblin How weak and how definite are Weak Definites? 213 Florian Schwarz Modified weak definites 237 Ana Aguilar-Guevara & Maartje Schulpen Functional frames in the interpretation of weak nominals 265 Joost Zwarts Unscrambling the lexical nature of weak definiteness 287 Peter de Swart & Geertje van Bergen vi Weak Referentiality Inalienable possession: The semantics of the definite article 311 Bert Le Bruyn Basque nominals: From a system with bare nouns to a system without 335 Urtzi Etxeberria Referential properties of definites and salience spreading 365 Petra B. Schumacher & Hanna Weiland Index 389 List of contributors Ana Aguilar-Guevara Bert Le Bruyn Colegio de Letras Hispánicas, Department of Language, Literature and Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Communication, Utrecht University Universidad Nacional Autónoma Trans 10 de México 3512 JK Utrecht Ciudad Universitaria, [email protected] s/n. C.P. 04510. México, DF. Francis Corblin [email protected] Université Paris-Sorbonne & IUF Maria Aloni 108 Bd Malesherbes ILLC, University of Amsterdam 75850 Paris cedex 17 Science Park 904 [email protected] 1098 XH Amsterdam Maria Teresa Espinal [email protected] Dept. Filologia Catalana Tijana Ašić Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Kragujevac Campus de Bellaterra Nehrova 107 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) 11070 Novi Beograd [email protected] [email protected] Urtzi Etxeberria Geertje van Bergen IKER UMR 5478-CNRS Department of Business Communication Gaztellu Berria, Paul Bert Plaza 15 Radboud University Nijmegen 64100 Baiona, Pays Basque PO Box 9103 [email protected] 6500 HD Nijmegen Tania Ionin [email protected] University of Illinois at Urbana- Lidia Bogatyreva Champaign Dept. Filologia Catalana FLB 4080, MC-168 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 707 S. Mathews Ave. Campus de Bellaterra Urbana, IL 61801 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) [email protected] [email protected] viii Weak Referentiality Ellen-Petra Kester Maartje Schulpen Department of Language, Literature and Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, Communication, Utrecht University Utrecht University Trans 10 Trans 10 3512 JK Utrecht 3512 JK Utrecht [email protected] [email protected] Petra Schumacher Tibor Kiss University of Cologne Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, Institut für deutsche Sprache und Ruhr-Universität Bochum Literatur I Universitätsstraße 150 Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-44780 Bochum 50923 Köln [email protected] [email protected] Eric Mathieu Florian Schwarz Department of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottowa University of Pennsylvania Arts Hall 619 Williams Hall 70 Laurier Avenue East Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Ottawa K1N 6NS [email protected] [email protected] Peter de Swart Angelika Port Department of Linguistics, Radboud ILLC, University of Amsterdam University Nijmegen PO Box 94242 PO Box 9103 1090 GE Amsterdam 6500 HD Nijmegen [email protected] [email protected] Claudia Roch Hanna Weiland Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Ruhr-Universität Bochum General Linguistics Universitätsstraße 150 Kantstr. 2 D-44780 Bochum 55122 Mainz [email protected] [email protected] Cristina Schmitt Joost Zwarts Michigan State University Department of Language, Literature and B 405 Wells Hall Communication, Utrecht University 619 Red Cedar Road Trans 10 East Lansing, MI 48824 3512 JK Utrecht [email protected] [email protected] List of abbreviations 1pl/3pl first person plural, third person plural 1sg/3sg first person singular, third person singular AA anti-additive function abs absolutive ACC/acc accusative adj adjective Ag Agent AJT Acceptability Judgment Task all allative AM anti-morphic function ANOVA Analysis Of Variance AP Adjective Phrase asp aspect ASR acceptance of sloppy reading aux auxiliary aux.pl plural auxiliary aux.sg singular auxiliary BrP Brazilian Portuguese CA conditional antecedent function CC-shift conceptual cover shift Cl/cl classifier ClP Classifier Phrase CO comparative function COL collective COLLQU colloquial expression COP copulative particle D Determiner D.pl plural definite determiner D.sg singular definite determiner DEF definite article Def definiteness feature deoFC deontic Free Choice DKP Derived Kind Predication DN direct negation function x Weak Referentiality DP Determiner Phrase DRS discourse representation structure DRT Discourse Representation Theory DW domain widening EA ethnic adjective epiU epistemic Unknown EPP Extended Projection Principle erg ergative ERP event-related brain potential FC free choice function FEM/fem feminine/feminine gender marking fut future tense GEN generic function/genitive GLM Generalized Linear Modelling GLMM G eneralized Linear Mixed Modelling/Generalized Linear Mixed Models IA intersective adjective IN indirect negation function in inessive INDC indiscriminative function INDEF indefinite article indef.det.pl indefinite plural determiner instr instrumental IR irrealis function IRGEND irgend-indefinites IRS Intermediate Scope Reading KLR kind lifting rule LAN left anterior negativity MAS masculine MASC masculine gender marking n head of nominal projection N noun nc nominal chunk NOM nominative noun_sem noun semantics nP nominal projection NP Noun Phrase NPu Negative Polarity use NSR Narrow Scope Reading
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