Noun Phrases and Nominalizations: The Syntax of DPsNoun Phrases and Nominalizations: The Syntax of DPs is a theoretical study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax that have not been approached with concurrent tools in recent years. The study examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and carefully draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and its syntactic counterpart. The empirical base of the study is broad and varied: it explores the rich nominal system of Modern Hebrew with constant comparisons to relevant structures of other Semitic and non-Semitic languages. The analyses put forward have recourse to a minimal syntactic apparatus, thus lending support to Chomsky's recent view of language design. This book targets researchers in theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax. Alongside theoretical and cross-linguistic findings, the book also offers an abundant source of insights into Hebrew nominal expressions. It can be used both as a foundational book on the syntax of nominal expressions or as a reference book for linguists and graduate students of Semitic and comparative syntax. |
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accusative argument accusative complement adverbs Agr,P Agrgen Agrgen features al-yedey anaphors appear argued argument position argument structure army's destruction assigned behavior Belletti Borer c-command chapter checked Chomsky clitic doubling clitic doubling constructions concrete nouns configuration definite derived deverbal nouns discussion external argument French genitive DP gerund clauses grammatical Grimshaw ha-cava et ha-'ir harisat Hazout head noun Hebrew event nominals infinitivals inherent accusative involve ISBN kesef L'étudiant la-misrad languages lexical license Linguistic modifying adjectives negation nominal gerunds non-tensed noun phrases noun raising null participial relatives past participle phonetically realized prepositions present participle pronominal pronouns referential regular relatives relative clause relative complementizer result nominals Rizzi šel ha-cava šel phrase semantic semi-relatives sentential functional sentential structure Shlonsky Siloni small clause specifier suggest syntactic nominalization Syntax Szabolcsi tense the-army ACC the-city the-destruction the-man to+the-office transitive verbs ungrammaticality University of Geneva verbal form verbal projection verbal properties verbs
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Page 220 - Managing Editors Liliane Haegeman, University of Geneva Joan Maling, Brandeis University James McCloskey, University of California, Santa Cruz Publications 1.