The Semantics of Generics in Dutch and Related Languages: 122 (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today) - Hardcover

Oosterhof, Albert

 
9789027255051: The Semantics of Generics in Dutch and Related Languages: 122 (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9027255059 ISBN 13: 9789027255051
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This monograph is a comprehensive study of the various ways in which genericity can be expressed in Dutch, dialects of Dutch, and languages related to Dutch. On the basis of empirical (corpus- and questionnaire-based) data, a wide range of topics are discussed which have been addressed in the literature on the semantics and pragmatics of generics. The empirical data presented in this book shed new light on issues crucial to the study of genericity. A number of widely accepted ideas are shown to be problematic. For example, arguments are presented against the well-known claim that progressive forms typically exclude characterizing interpretations. Furthermore, the author shows that speakers do not agree in their judgements of the acceptability of bare plurals (as well as other noun phrase types) in generic contexts. Such data are a problem for the influential thesis that bare plurals refer to kinds unambiguously.

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This monograph is a comprehensive study of the various ways in which genericity can be expressed in Dutch, dialects of Dutch, and languages related to Dutch. On the basis of empirical (corpus- and questionnaire-based) data, a wide range of topics are discussed which have been addressed in the literature on the semantics and pragmatics of generics. The empirical data presented in this book shed new light on issues crucial to the study of genericity. A number of widely accepted ideas are shown to be problematic. For example, arguments are presented against the well-known claim that progressive forms typically exclude characterizing interpretations. Furthermore, the author shows that speakers do not agree in their judgements of the acceptability of bare plurals (as well as other noun phrase types) in generic contexts. Such data are a problem for the influential thesis that bare plurals refer to kinds unambiguously.

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Verlag
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9027255059
ISBN 13 
9789027255051
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
308
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