Bare Plurals in Spanish are Interpreted as Properties

In this paper, I argue that bare plural noun phrases in Spanish unambiguously denote properties of individuals. I begin by using evidence from their incompatibility with kind-level predicates to show that Spanish bare plurals do not denote kinds. I then point to crucial ways in which their interacti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Louise McNally
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2004-12-01
Series:Catalan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/107