The Fox or Mr Fox?: Particularization of the bare noun

In numeral classifier languages a dog-type noun (i.e. a noun that refers to a kind subsuming some similar individuated entities or things) is also an NP by default. This in turn means that unlike in an English-like language, the move from the general (as is indicated by a noun) to the particular (a...

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Main Author:	Gautam K. Borah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaya 2014-12-01
Series:	Journal of Modern Languages
Subjects:	bare noun, general term, particularization, numeral classifier language, proper name, personification
Online Access:	https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3258
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