On Vendler’s freedom of choice
In this short essay, we will provide some contemporary remarks to Vendler (1962 and 1974). We will propose that his characterization of the Free Choice Item any can be properly explained if we take into account an alternative semantics framework. We will assume with Menéndez-Benito (2010) that it is...
Main Author: | Ana Clara Polakof |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Linguística
2021-08-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Linguística |
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Online Access: | https://cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/cadernos/article/view/460 |
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