• Experimental evidence for the interpretation of definite plural articles as markers of genericity – How Italian can help 

      Redolfi, Michela; Pereira Soares, Sergio Miguel; Czypionka, Anna; Kupisch, Tanja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-05)
      In the Romance languages, definite plural articles (e.g., le rane ‘the frogs’) are generally ambiguous between a generic and a specific interpretation, and speakers must reconstruct the intended interpretation through the linguistic or extra-linguistic context. Following the “polar bear” paradigm implemented in Czypionka & Kupisch (2019)’s investigation on German, the goal of the present study is ...