Referential vagueness, plurality, and discourse dependence
| hal.structure.identifier | Centre de recherche sur la langue et les textes basques [IKER] | |
| dc.contributor.author | ETXEBERRIA, Urtzi | |
| dc.contributor.author | GIANNAKIDOU, Anastasia | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11-11 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1566-5844 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | Abstract Referentially vague (or ‘ignorance’) indefinites are known to exhibit apparently conflicting behavior: in the singular, they are referentially vague (Giannakidou and Quer 2013, Alonso-Ovalle and Menéndez-Benito 2010, 2011, 2013), but in the plural they appear to depend on a discourse given set. The phenomenon is typically discussed in the context of Spanish algún/algunos (Gutiérrez-Rexach 2001, 2010, Martí 2008, 2009); but in this paper we offer extensive novel data from the Greek indefinites kapjos/kapjoi exhibiting the same asymmetry between the singular and the plural. The apparent conflict between the two variants, we propose, is just that—apparent: the indefinites remain referentially vague in both uses. Referential vagueness is not at odds with discourse familiarity, and the apparent differences between the singular and the plural follow from NP -ellipsis, the potential topicality of the indefinite, and the way vagueness interacts with plurality. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing | |
| dc.title.en | Referential vagueness, plurality, and discourse dependence | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1163/15699846-02202003 | |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique | |
| bordeaux.journal | Journal of Greek Linguistics | |
| bordeaux.page | 151-198 | |
| bordeaux.volume | 22 | |
| bordeaux.issue | 2 | |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | |
| hal.identifier | hal-03909683 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.popular | non | |
| hal.audience | Internationale | |
| hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-03909683v1 | |
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