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In numerous languages determiner forms depend not only on semantic information but also on several other kinds of information, such as the grammatical gender of the controlling noun or the phonological properties of the context. In the present research we contrasted two possible accounts of determiner retrieval: one in which every type of required information is bundled into a unitized represen...

Abstract One of the central topics in semantic theory over last few decades concerns nature local contexts. Recently, theorists have tried to develop general, non-stipulative accounts contexts (Ingason, 2016; Mandelkern & Romoli, 2017a; Schlenker, 2009). In this paper, we contribute literature by drawing attention subclausal expressions. More specifically, focus on quantificational determin...

This paper challenges the notion that the structure of the Determiner Phrase (DP) contains a virtual category which answers for DPs’ referential and anaphoric uses. Some current DP proposals, for instance, assume a null pronoun to account for the nominalized Adj(ective) in Romance, while others in Germanic postulate an abstract operator (or demonstrative) to derive the specificity of definite D...