Modified weak definites

Ana Aguilar Guevara, Maartje Schulpen

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Abstract

Weak definites display restrictions on the kind of modifiers they accept. This paper aims to determine what kind of adjectives can maintain weak readings and why. Following a kind-referring analysis of weak definites, this paper predicts, tests, and corroborates that only adjectives denoting properties of kinds can occur in weak definite configurations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWeak Referentiality
EditorsAna Aguilar Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn, Joost Zwarts
PublisherJohn Benjamins
Pages237-264
ISBN (Electronic) 9789027269386
ISBN (Print) 9789027257024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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