[Lingtyp] cues to genericity

[Jan Rijkhoff]

Dear Gary,

Here are two articles on generic noun phrases / statements:
Susan A. Gelmana & Twila Tardif (1998). 'A cross-linguistic comparison of generic noun phrases in English and Mandarin'. Cognition 66, 215-248.
Leila Behrens (2005). 'Genericity from a cross-linguistic perspective'. Linguistics 43-2, 275-344.

best, jan r

J. Rijkhoff - Associate Professor, Linguistics
School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 2, Building 1485-621
DK-8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK
Phone: (+45) 87162143
URL: http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/linjr@cc.au.dk

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Subject: [Lingtyp] cues to genericity

Hello everyone, does anyone know of any empirical work looking at cues to genericity across different languages? E.g., something like this https://langcog.stanford.edu/papers/CF_underreview.pdf , which tests the contribution of definiteness and plurality, but only for English. Any pointers to purely descriptive work would be very helpful as well.

Thanks!
<https://langcog.stanford.edu/papers/CF_underreview.pdf>

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University of Wisconsin, Madison
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