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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970447303321

Autore

Julien Marit

Titolo

Nominal phrases from a Scandinavian perspective / / Marit Julien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2005

ISBN

9786612156410

9781282156418

1282156411

9789027294128

9027294127

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 348 pages)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell, , 0166-0829 = Linguistics today ; ; v. 87

Disciplina

439/.5

Soggetti

Scandinavian languages - Nominals

Grammar, Comparative and general - Nominals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nominal Phrases from a Scandinavian Perspective -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THE DP -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The basic syntactic structure of the DP -- 1.3 The identification of D -- 1.4 Indefinite DPs -- 1.5 Summary -- 2. DEFINITE DPS -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 'Double definiteness' -- 2.3 On D and n -- 2.4. Adjectival inflection -- 2.5 Definite DPs in Icelandic -- 2.6 Definite DPs in Northern Swedish -- 2.7 Danish, including West Jutlandic -- 2.8 Nouns that resist nominal inflection -- 2.9 Summary -- 3. DETERMINERS AND RELATIVE CLAUSES -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Determiners in relative clause constructions -- 3.3 Towards an analysis -- 3.4 Some consequences -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. DEMONSTRATIVES AND STRONG QUANTIFIERS -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Demonstratives -- 4.3 Pronouns, demonstratives and determiners -- 4.4 Strong quantifiers -- 4.5 Summary -- 5. POSTNOMINAL POSSESSORS -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Postnominal possessors in Scandinavian DPs -- 5.3 Possessive PPs -- 5.4 Postnominal possessors with genitive case -- 5.5 Postnominal pronominal possessors -- 5.6 The possessive pronoun and proper name construction -- 5.7 Coordination of postnominal



possessors -- 5.8 Inalienable possession -- 5.9 The DP level -- 5.10 Summary -- 6. PRENOMINAL POSSESSORS -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Prenominal possessors in Scandinavian DPs -- 6.3 Prenominal possessive pronouns -- 6.4 The prenominal possessor doubling construction -- 6.5 The possessive -s -- 6.6 Pseudopossessors -- 6.7 The definiteness of possessed nominal phrases -- 6.8 Summary -- 7. PREDICATES AND ARGUMENTS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Bare singular nominals -- 7.3 Tests for predicatehood -- 7.4 The size of predicate nominals -- 7.5 Summary -- 8. SOME CROSSLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES -- 8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Variation in spellout -- 8.3 Variation in movement -- 8.4 Variation in possessor licensing -- 8.5 Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- LANGUAGE INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph presents a new model of the internal syntax of nominal phrases. The model is mainly based on Scandinavian, since with the wide range of variation that Scandinavian displays in the nominal domain, despite the close genetic relationship between the different varieties, Scandinavian is particularly well-suited for explorations into nominal syntax. Among the topics covered are the basic syntactic structure of nominal phrases, definiteness, adjective phrases, possessors, relative clauses, and nominal predicates. The model is however meant to be a tool for analysing the nominal phrase.