caa a22 4500 606154280 CHVBK 20210128100558.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10988-015-9173-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10988-015-9173-0 Reference to and via properties: the view from Dutch [Elektronische Daten] [Louise McNally, Henriëtte de Swart] Many languages offer a surprisingly complex range of options for referring to entities using expressions whose main descriptive content is contributed by an adjective, such as Dutch de blinde ‘the blind (person),' het besprokene, ‘the (matters) discussed,' or het ongewone van het niet roken ‘the strange (thing) about not smoking.' In this paper, we present a case study of the syntax and compositional semantics of three such constructions in Dutch, one of which we argue has not previously been identified in the literature. The data and the analysis will shed light on our understanding of how reference using adjectives differs from that using nouns in languages that have the two categories, as well as on the differences between reference to entities via their properties vs. reference to properties themselves. Finally, we briefly discuss related work and indicate directions for future study of the typological variation found in this rich and highly understudied corner of natural language. The Author(s), 2015 Adjective semantics nationallicence Noun semantics nationallicence Abstract objects nationallicence Nominalization nationallicence Inflected adjectives nationallicence Kinds nationallicence Properties nationallicence Tropes nationallicence McNally Louise Department of Translation and Language Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, c/Roc Boronat, 138, 08018, Barcelona, Spain aut de Swart Henriëtte Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University, Trans 10, 3512 JK, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Linguistics and Philosophy Springer Netherlands 38/4(2015-08-01), 315-362 0165-0157 38:4<315 2015 38 10988 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-015-9173-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-015-9173-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McNally Louise Department of Translation and Language Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, c/Roc Boronat, 138, 08018, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Swart Henriëtte Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University, Trans 10, 3512 JK, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Linguistics and Philosophy Springer Netherlands 38/4(2015-08-01), 315-362 0165-0157 38:4<315 2015 38 10988