The syntax and semantics of approximate indefinites in Spanish

ABSTRACT In Spanish, combining an indefinite plural article and a cardinal number leads to an approximative interpretation similar to that provided by approximators like ‘approximately’. In this paper, we advance a syntactic and semantic analysis of these structures. We show that the construction sh...

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Main Authors: Fernando Martín Carranza, Carlos Muñoz Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2020-07-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/delta/v36n1/1678-460X-delta-36-01-2020360104.pdf