On Shared Indefinite NPs in Coordinative Structures  

Oleh:

Schwabe, Kerstin ; Heusinger, Klaus von

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) (0), page 243-269.
Topik: Indefinite NPs; Syntactic Representation;
Fulltext: vol 18, no 3, p 243-269.pdf (258.73KB)

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Indefinite NPs in shared constituents of coordinative structures in German exhibit different referential options with respect to scope and specificity. These options are restricted by the informational status of the indefinite: A focused indefinite NP can receive all referential options, while a non-focused one can only get the narrow scope non-specific reading. Our analysis assumes that the information structure of the coordination determines the syntactic representation of the construction in terms of deletion or right-node-raising. Dependent on the syntactic structure, indefinite NPs exhibit different referential properties. Thus the particular properties of indefinite NPs in shared constituents can only be accounted for in a theory that combines information structure, the syntax of coordination, and the semantics of indefinites.

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