Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Burmese

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dc.contributor.author Lim, Meghan
dc.contributor.author Erlewine, Michael Yoshitaka
dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-13T16:46:11Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-13T16:46:11Z
dc.date.issued 2023-07
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/143396
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1433963 de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-84740
dc.description.abstract We report on the interpretation of different forms of singular argument nominals in Burmese, a language without articles, from original fieldwork. Like in Mandarin Chinese (Jenks, 2018), bare nouns are unique definites, with demonstratives used for anaphoric definites. Indefinites use the numeral ‘one’. We develop an analysis based on Jenks’ analysis of Mandarin Chinese definites, extended with a novel proposal for ‘one’-indefinites. Indefinites introduce an anti-uniqueness inference, which we derive from a Non-Vacuity constraint rather than Maximize Presupposition a` la Heim (1991), with crucial evidence from anaphoric definites with ‘one.’ We also describe the availability of bare noun indefinite objects, which we analyze as a form of (pseudo) noun incorporation. en
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Universität Tübingen de_DE
dc.subject.classification Linguistik , Semantik , Feldforschung , Birmanisch , Bestimmtheit de_DE
dc.subject.ddc 400 de_DE
dc.subject.ddc 490 de_DE
dc.subject.other linguistics, semantics, fieldwork, Sino-Tibetan languages, Burmese, definiteness en
dc.title Definiteness and Indefiniteness in Burmese en
dc.type ConferencePaper de_DE
utue.publikation.fachbereich Philosophische Fakultät de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet 5 Philosophische Fakultät de_DE
utue.opus.portal triplea7 de_DE
utue.publikation.noppn yes de_DE

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