Add to ORKGThe definiteness effects that form the backdrop to this paper were first investigated by Milsark (1974, 1977) in his pioneering work on the syntax and semantics of English existential sentences.1 Milsark (1977) observed that the pivots of existential clauses must be weak. H
The article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) ...
Keenan's account of the DEFINITENESS EFFECT associated with the English there-construction based on ...
The analysis to be proposed has two notable consequences. First, it indicates that while presupposit...
Tw o types of definiteness effects have long been recognized in natural language and extensively inv...
1. Introduction The definiteness effect is a frequently discussed feature of there-constructions (cf...
In this paper we investigate whether learners of L2 English show knowledge of the Definiteness Effec...
1. Introduction The definiteness effect, which is a manifestation of the requirement that the refere...
English have sentences are known to exhibit a definiteness effect (DE) (Keenan 1987, Partee 1999) re...
In this paper we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance C...
International audienceRecent accounts on the typology of predicative possession, including those by ...
2012-12-02This dissertation is concerned with the specific relationship between copular sentences an...
Possessors have often been treated as the �subjects� of the DPs in which they appear, being analyzed...
293 pagesThis dissertation argues for a syntax and semantics of a range of nominal expressions, expa...
[Extract]\ud In some languages, existential, locative and possessive predications are handled by ver...
In many ergative languages, the absolutive argument moves to a position above all other arguments in...
The article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) ...
Keenan's account of the DEFINITENESS EFFECT associated with the English there-construction based on ...
The analysis to be proposed has two notable consequences. First, it indicates that while presupposit...
Tw o types of definiteness effects have long been recognized in natural language and extensively inv...
1. Introduction The definiteness effect is a frequently discussed feature of there-constructions (cf...
In this paper we investigate whether learners of L2 English show knowledge of the Definiteness Effec...
1. Introduction The definiteness effect, which is a manifestation of the requirement that the refere...
English have sentences are known to exhibit a definiteness effect (DE) (Keenan 1987, Partee 1999) re...
In this paper we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance C...
International audienceRecent accounts on the typology of predicative possession, including those by ...
2012-12-02This dissertation is concerned with the specific relationship between copular sentences an...
Possessors have often been treated as the �subjects� of the DPs in which they appear, being analyzed...
293 pagesThis dissertation argues for a syntax and semantics of a range of nominal expressions, expa...
[Extract]\ud In some languages, existential, locative and possessive predications are handled by ver...
In many ergative languages, the absolutive argument moves to a position above all other arguments in...
The article examines the semantic and syntactic characteristics of existential (es gibt / there is) ...
Keenan's account of the DEFINITENESS EFFECT associated with the English there-construction based on ...
The analysis to be proposed has two notable consequences. First, it indicates that while presupposit...