Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective
( Studies in Generative Grammar SGG )
Publication series ：Studies in Generative Grammar SGG
Author： Artemis Alexiadou Liliane Haegeman Melita Stavrou
Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton
Publication year： 2007
E-ISBN: 9783110207491
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110176841
Subject： H04 grammar
Keyword： Syntax generative syntax noun phrase
Language： ENG
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Description
Surveying noun phrases and their syntax, the book offers a theoretically oriented, comparative study in which they examine 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.
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