Genericity from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3987953
AutoresLeila Behrens (University of Cologne, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas275-344
Data de publicação2005-01-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2005.43.2.275
OpenAlexW2091599416
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas39

In this article, I will investigate genericity from a cross-linguistic perspective. After discussing some methodological and theoretical problems involved in this task, I will present a multidimensional approach, arguing that it is necessary to factor apart different types of information involved in the notion of genericity. In the empirical part, generic marking and interpretation in the nominal domain will be analyzed in terms of this approach for five languages: English, German, French, Hungarian, and Greek. As a result, I will claim a fundamental typological difference between QUALITY-marking languages (English) and DISCOURSE REFERENT-marking languages (French, Hungarian, Greek), with German representing a mixed type between the two

German · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Referent · Sociology · Theoretical linguistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · linguistics and terminology studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation