The Semantics of the Italian Double Plural  

Oleh:

Ojeda, Almerindo E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 12 no. 3 (Mar. 1995), page 213-237.
Topik: Italian Double Plural; Semantics;
Fulltext: vol 12, no 3, p 213-237.pdf (1.03MB)

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The purpose of this paper is to endow the Italian double plural with a precise interpretation. Our main point will be that collective and dismbutive plurals denote algebras of the same type and that, in certain cases, the algebra denoted by a collective plural is a subalgebra of the one denoted by in dismbutive counterpart.' In such cases, the collective plural will be, semantically, a homomorphic image of its dismbutive counterpart. If correct, these interpretations will support the claim that nouns denote with a certain indeterminacy of individuation (cf Ojeda 1993a). They will also provide new evidence for the claim that the plural is semantically unmarked with respect to the singular (cf. McCawley 1968).

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