Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference

Patricia Cabredo Hofherr is a researcher at the CNRS in Paris. She has published on referential impersonal pronouns, passives, adjectives and preposition-determiner contractions and co-edited Verbal plurality and distributivity (2012).    Anne Zribi-Hertz is Professor of French and comparative syntax at Université Paris 8. She has written or (co-)edited several books and written many articles on French, English, and various other languages including Attie, Korean, Wolof, and French-based creoles.Contributors include: Željko Bošković, Patricia Cabredo Hofherr, Edit Doron, Nomi Erteschik Shir, Brigitte Garcia, Elaine Grolla, Tania Ionin, Loïc Jean-Louis, Makoto Kaneko, Marika Lekakou, Silvina Montrul, Ana Müller, Asya Pereltsvaig, Marie-Anne Sallandre, Helade Santos, Serkan Şener, Rebekka Studler, Kriszta Szendröi, Anne Zribi-Hertz.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Biographies Introduction Patricia Cabredo Hofherr and Anne Zribi-Hertzpart 1: Noun Phrase Syntax and Interpretation: In Search of Crosslinguistic RegularitiesInformation Structure and (In)definiteness Nomi Erteschik-ShirOn Number and Numberlessness in Languages with and without Articles Asya PereltsvaigThe Cognitive Basis of the Mass-Count Distinction: Evidence from Bare Nouns Edit Doron and Ana MüllerThe Turkish NP Željko Bošković and Serkan Şenerpart 2: Definiteness and Definiteness Markers across LanguagesThe Morphology, Syntax and Semantics of Definite Determiners in Swiss German Rebekka StudlerReduced Definite Articles with Restrictive Relative Clauses Patricia Cabredo HofherrWhen Determiners Abound: Implications for the Encoding of Definiteness Marika Lekakou and Kriszta SzendrőiThe Semantics and Syntax of Japanese Adnominal Demonstratives Makoto KanekoFrom Noun to Name: On Definiteness Marking in Modern Martinikè Anne Zribi-Hertz and Loïc Jean-LouisReference Resolution in French Sign Language: The Effects of the Visuo-Gestual Modality Brigitte Garcia and Marie-Anne Sallandrepart 3: Noun Phrase Interpretation and Second-Language AcquisitionWhen Articles Have Different Meanings: Acquiring the Expression of Genericity in English and Brazilian Portuguese Tania Ionin, Elaine Grolla, Silvina Montrul and Hélade SantosIndex