This volume explores the interface between morphosyntax and semantics-pragmatics in the domain of referential and quantificational nominal expressions. We present synchronic and diachronic case studies from Romance and Germanic languages, with the aim of empirically testing, on the basis of comparative data, the most recent theoretical developments in the analysis of reference and quantification.
The contributions collected in this volume are the results of intensive discussion and exchange among scholars involved in the network ‘RED—Referential expressions in discourse’ (
The volume as a whole profited from the insights of many experts in the field. Many people deserve thanks for their help: the authors, for contributing their expertise and bearing with the complex editorial schedule; Martin Becker and Elisabeth Stark, the invited discussants that took part in the workshop and greatly contributed towards sharpening the papers’ arguments and conclusions; the anonymous reviewers, for their insightful and constructive criticism; the series editor for Syntax and Semantics, Keir Moulton, who provided very helpful and constructive comments, and Elisa Perotti at Brill, for believing in this project and guiding it towards completion.
Bologna, Cologne and Vercelli, May 2021