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Author Gillon, Carrie, author.

Title The semantics of determiners : domain restriction in Skwxwú7mesh / Carrie Gillon.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations, tables
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This book investigates the properties of determiners in Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Salish. Determiners in Skwxwú7mesh are shown to behave significantly differently from the definite determiner the in English, as Skwxwú7mesh lacks a definite/indefiniteness distinction. All Skwxwú7mesh DPs can be used in both familiar and novel contexts, and are not required to refer to a unique entity. Instead, Skwxwú7mesh determiners are split along deictic/non-deicticlines. Determiners can therefore vary in te ...
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Subject Salishan languages.
Salishan languages.
Salish language.
Salish language.
Suquamish dialect (Wash.)
Suquamish dialect (Wash.)
Semantics.
Semantics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gillon, Carrie. Semantics of determiners : domain restriction in Skwxwú7mesh. Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 xvii, 285 pages 9781443853118
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