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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825418203321

Titolo

Noun phrase structure in the languages of Europe / / edited by Frans Plank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003

ISBN

1-281-99350-6

9786611993504

3-11-019707-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (877 p.)

Collana

Empirical approaches to language typology ; ; 20-7

Classificazione

ET 665

Altri autori (Persone)

PlankFrans

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Typology (Linguistics)

Europe Languages Noun phrase

Europe Languages Nominals

Europe Languages Inflection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- Noun phrase structure: An und für sich, in time, and in space -- II. On inflection -- Nominal inflection galore: Daghestanian, with side glances at Europe and the world -- Inflectional morphology in the Hungarian noun phrase: A typological assessment -- The selective elaboration of nominal or pronominal inflection -- Types of typology, illustrated from gender systems -- III. On (over-)determination -- Double articulation -- Non-compositional definiteness marking in Hungarian noun phrases -- English goes Asian: Number and (in)definiteness in the Singlish noun phrase -- A woman of sin, a man of duty, and a hell of a mess: Non-determiner genitives in Swedish -- IV. On amplification -- The interaction between numerals and nouns -- Possessive noun phrases in the languages of Europe -- Action nominal constructions in the languages of Europe -- Noun phrase conjunction: The coordinative and the comitative strategy -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The result of over five years of close collaboration among an international group of leading typologists within the EUROTYP program, this volume is about the morphology and syntax of the noun phrase.



Particular attention is being paid to nominal inflectional categories and inflectional systems and to the syntax of determination, modification, and conjunction. Its areal focus, like that of other EUROTYP volumes, is on the languages of Europe; but in order to appreciate what is peculiarly European about their noun phrases, a more comprehensive and genuinely typological view is being taken at the