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Evidence for predicativism in restrictive apposition and the proprial article
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The definite article that is used with names in varieties of Brazilian Portuguese and German is incompatible with restrictive apposition (*a Maria a doutora/*die Maria die Doktorin ‘the Maria the doctor), suggesting that it contributes to the interpretation of the name. These data support predicativism, or the view that names are definite descriptions composed of a determiner (null or overt) and a…
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