Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties

In this paper, I argue that bare plural noun phrases in Spanish unambiguously denote properties of individuals. I begin by using evidence from their incompatibility with kind-level predicates to show that Spanish bare plurals do not denote kinds. I then point to crucial ways in which their interacti...

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Autor: McNally, Louise
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Properties
Bare nominals
Incorporation
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spelling Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as PropertiesMcNally, LouiseSemanticsPropertiesBare nominalsIncorporationIn this paper, I argue that bare plural noun phrases in Spanish unambiguously denote properties of individuals. I begin by using evidence from their incompatibility with kind-level predicates to show that Spanish bare plurals do not denote kinds. I then point to crucial ways in which their interaction with quantifiers is unlike that of other indefinite NPs (specifically, they have obligatory narrowest scope and cannot contribute the main restriction on a quantifier), and I conclude that bare plurals must therefore have a different semantics from other indefinites. I present a formal semantic analysis which allows for any verbal predicate in Spanish to combine with a propertytype noun phrase, showing how this analysis can also account for certain facts involving discourse anaphora to bare plurals. Finally, I discuss the advantages of the proposed analysis over those which try to maintain a uniform semantics for bare plurals and indefinites and indicate some of the general implications of the proposal. 22004-01-0120042004-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/2816https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.107reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:28162026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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title Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
spellingShingle Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
McNally, Louise
Semantics
Properties
Bare nominals
Incorporation
title_short Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
title_full Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
title_fullStr Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
title_full_unstemmed Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
title_sort Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv McNally, Louise
author McNally, Louise
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Semantics
Properties
Bare nominals
Incorporation
topic Semantics
Properties
Bare nominals
Incorporation
description In this paper, I argue that bare plural noun phrases in Spanish unambiguously denote properties of individuals. I begin by using evidence from their incompatibility with kind-level predicates to show that Spanish bare plurals do not denote kinds. I then point to crucial ways in which their interaction with quantifiers is unlike that of other indefinite NPs (specifically, they have obligatory narrowest scope and cannot contribute the main restriction on a quantifier), and I conclude that bare plurals must therefore have a different semantics from other indefinites. I present a formal semantic analysis which allows for any verbal predicate in Spanish to combine with a propertytype noun phrase, showing how this analysis can also account for certain facts involving discourse anaphora to bare plurals. Finally, I discuss the advantages of the proposed analysis over those which try to maintain a uniform semantics for bare plurals and indefinites and indicate some of the general implications of the proposal.
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