Johannes Kabatek
Series
Studies in language companion volume 141
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This paper investigates distributional and semantic properties of two kinds of indefinite NPs in Bulgarian: bare nouns vs. NPs headed by edin 'one'. The central question, which constitutes a subject of intense debate in the literature, is whether there is a semantic (and pragmatic) difference between these two kinds of indefinites. It will be argued in favour of such a distinction. This claim is supported by different properties which these two kinds...