Definiteness in Balkan romance

Definiteness in Balkan romance / Daniela Isac.

This text explores the micro-variation in the realization of definiteness across languages belonging to the Balkan Romance family: Romanian, Aromanian, Istro-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian. Daniela Isac offers a unified analysis of the different patterns observed, based on a post-syntactic spell-out...

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Main Author: Isac, Daniela (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 86.
Subjects:
Romanian language > Definiteness.
Romanian language > Suffixes and prefixes.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Determiners.
Language teaching & learning.
Language.
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • General preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Aim of the book
  • 1.2 Main idea
  • 2 Framework and theoretical assumptions
  • 2.1 The architecture of the grammar
  • 2.2 Features
  • 2.2.1 Feature valuation
  • 2.2.2 Movement
  • 2.3 Syntax of the DP
  • 2.3.1 NumP
  • 2.3.2 The definite D
  • 2.3.3 Two DP layers
  • 2.3.4 Dext: cel
  • 2.3.5 Periphery projections
  • 2.3.6 Prepositions
  • 2.3.7 Pre-nominal modifiers
  • 2.3.8 Post-nominal modifiers
  • 2.3.9 Cardinals
  • 2.3.10 Quantifiers
  • 2.3.11 Complements to nouns
  • 2.3.12 Possessive pronouns
  • 2.3.13 Demonstratives
  • 3 Empirical focus and proposal
  • 3.1 Patterns of definiteness
  • 3.2 Proposal
  • 3.3 Previous literature
  • 4 Implementation of the proposal
  • 4.1 Simple definite DPs
  • 4.1.1 Simple definite DPs in non-prepositional contexts
  • 4.1.2 Simple definite DPs as objects of accusative-assigning prepositions
  • 4.1.3 Is this a Balkan phenomenon?
  • 4.1.4 Accusative-assigning prepositions
  • 4.1.5 The exceptional behaviour of the preposition 'with'
  • 4.2 Definite DPs with demonstratives
  • 4.2.1 Post-nominal demonstratives
  • 4.2.2 Pre-nominal demonstratives
  • 4.3 Definite DPs with post-N modifiers
  • 4.4 Definite DPs with pre-N modifiers
  • 4.5 Definite DPs with quantifiers
  • 4.5.1 Definite DPs with strong quantifiers
  • 4.5.2 Definite DPs with weak quantifiers
  • 4.6 Definite DPs with cardinals
  • 4.6.1 Nominal cardinals
  • 4.6.2 Quantificational cardinals
  • 4.6.3 Cardinals and high cel
  • 4.6.4 Cardinals and low cel
  • 4.7 Definite DPs with complements
  • 4.8 Definite DPs with post-nominal possessive pronouns
  • 4.9 Definite DPs with pre-nominal possessive pronouns
  • 5 Conclusions
  • 6 Appendix
  • 6.1 Template tree(s)
  • 6.2 The lexicon
  • 6.2.1 Num heads
  • 6.2.2 Determiners
  • 6.2.3 Demonstratives
  • 6.2.4 Cardinals
  • 6.2.5 Adjectives
  • 6.2.6 Strong quantifiers
  • 6.2.7 Weak quantifiers
  • 6.2.8 Genitive affix: yes/no
  • 6.2.9 The Poss head: null, de, or a
  • 6.2.10 Possessive pronouns
  • 6.2.11 Nouns
  • 6.3 Romanian
  • 6.4 Megleno-Romanian
  • 6.5 Northern Istro-Romanian
  • 6.6 Southern Istro-Romanian
  • 6.7 Aromanian G
  • 6.8 Aromanian P
  • 6.9 Aromanian FA
  • 6.10 Aromanian FG
  • References
  • Index

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