Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries

Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries / Dorian Roehrs.

Written in the cartographic tradition, this monograph is concerned with the inner structure and derivation of noun phrases. It proposes that demonstratives and definite articles are similar to auxiliaries in the clause. Referencing mostly Germanic languages, the book argues that determiners are base...

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Main Author: Roehrs, Dorian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2009.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 140.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives.
Definiteness (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun phrase
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Summary:Written in the cartographic tradition, this monograph is concerned with the inner structure and derivation of noun phrases. It proposes that demonstratives and definite articles are similar to auxiliaries in the clause. Referencing mostly Germanic languages, the book argues that determiners are base generated below adjectives and subsequently move to the left periphery in a successive-cyclic fashion. Demonstrating that determiners are complex elements, it is proposed that languages vary with regard to when and what part of the determiner they move. This provides a novel account of the variatio.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027289773
9027289778
1282104918
9781282104914
ISSN:0166-0829 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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