Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective

• Main Authors: Alexiadou, Artemis, Haegeman, Liliane, Stavrou, Melita
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 2008; Mouton de Gruyter; De Gruyter, Inc; De Gruyter Mouton
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
• Subjects: Generative Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun phrase; Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax; Language; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; Nominalphrase; noun phrase; Syntax; Romane Sonstiges; Romane Linguistik; Kultur Literatur Sprache; Kultur Sprachwissenschaft; Belletristik; Generative Syntax; Syntax; noun phrase; Nominalphrase
• ISBN: 9783110207491; 3110207494; 3110176858; 9783110176858; 311017684X; 9783110176841
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110207491

Surveying noun phrases and their syntax, the book offers a theoretically oriented, comparative studyin which theyexamine basic aspects of noun projection. The discussion includes the following topics: The DP hypothesis, the status of D in languages without determiners, demonstratives, the role of classifiers, the morphosyntactic features/projections of nouns, head and phrasal movement in the noun phrase, adjectival modification, possessors, argument structure of nouns, the partitive construction and the N-of-an-N construction. Key features Features basic knowledge for Students of Syntax State-of-the-Art description of one of the most debated topics in Theoretical Linguistics Famous authors