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 principal:	Louise McNally
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2004
Materias:	semantics properties bare nominals incorporation Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:67c1e279225341d6a7e06b8a2747015d2021-11-27T10:49:15ZBare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties10.5565/rev/catjl.1071695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/67c1e279225341d6a7e06b8a2747015d2004-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/107https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719In 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 obliga- tory 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 for- mal semantic analysis which allows for any verbal predicate in Spanish to combine with a property- type 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.Louise McNallyUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlesemanticspropertiesbare nominalsincorporationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2004)
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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 obliga- tory 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 for- mal semantic analysis which allows for any verbal predicate in Spanish to combine with a property- type 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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Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties

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