Existential Constructions, Definiteness Effects, and Linguistic Contact: At the Crossroads between Spanish and Catalan
Existential sentences in Spanish are sensitive to the definiteness or quantification restriction or effect, which prevents personal pronouns, proper nouns, and definite constituents from occupying the pivot position. Contact varieties between Spanish, a robust language as regards the effect, and Cat...
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MDPI AG
2023-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/1/11 |