Bare Nominals and Number in Brazilian and European Portuguese

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ID8048124
AuthorsAna Müller (0000-0002-1022-8602), Fátima Oliveira (0000-0003-2110-1049)
Year2004
Volume3
Issue1
Pages9-9
Publication date2004-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Portuguese Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1645-4537 • E-ISSN: 2397-5563
PublisherUbiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/jpl.17
OpenAlexW2336324631
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited1

This paper investigates the semantics of bare nominals (BNs) in Brazilian and in European Portuguese. More specifically, it addresses the constraints regarding their occurrence and interpretation in these languages, and evaluates their implications for the Nominal Mapping Parameter as proposed in Chierchia 1998. Chierchia's typology provides the theoretical background against which we investigate the matter. The paper claims – contra Chierchia – that count BNs may be argumental without denoting kinds. We also claim that the denotation of common nouns and Noun Phrases may vary from one language to the other and that this variation can explain typological differences across languages

Brazilian Portuguese · Denotation (semiotics · European Portuguese · Variation (astronomy · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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