Nominal Phrases from a Scandinavian Perspective (Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today, LA 87)

Annotation This monograph presents a new model of the internal syntax of nominal phrases. The model is mainly based on Scandinavian, since with the wide range of variation that Scandinavian displays in the nominal domain, despite the close genetic relationship between the different varieties, Scandinavian is particularly well-suited for explorations into nominal syntax. Among the topics covered are the basic syntactic structure of nominal phrases, definiteness, adjective phrases, possessors, relative clauses, and nominal predicates. The model is however meant to be a tool for analysing the nominal phrases of any language. While the base-generated structure is taken to be universally uniform, the model allows for variation in the feature makeup of individual elements, in the phonological realisation of the features, and in the movements that may or may not apply. Hence, as shown in the final chapter, patterns found in languages outside of Scandinavian can also be accounted for within the model Nominal Phrases from a Scandinavian Perspective......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 LCC data......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 10 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 13 1.2 The basic syntactic structure of the DP......Page 16 1.3 The identification of D......Page 29 1.4 Indefinite DPs......Page 33 1.5 Summary......Page 39 2.2 ‘Double definiteness’......Page 41 2.3 On D and n......Page 50 2.4. Adjectival inflection......Page 59 2.5 Definite DPs in Icelandic......Page 69 2.6 Definite DPs in Northern Swedish......Page 73 2.7 Danish, including West Jutlandic......Page 80 2.8 Nouns that resist nominal inflection......Page 84 2.9 Summary......Page 90 3.2 Determiners in relative clause constructions......Page 92 3.3 Towards an analysis......Page 101 3.4 Some consequences......Page 113 3.5 Summary......Page 122 4.2 Demonstratives......Page 124 4.3 Pronouns, demonstratives and determiners......Page 133 4.4 Strong quantifiers......Page 144 4.5 Summary......Page 152 5.1 Introduction......Page 153 5.2 Postnominal possessors in Scandinavian DPs......Page 154 5.3 Possessive PPs......Page 158 5.4 Postnominal possessors with genitive case......Page 171 5.5 Postnominal pronominal possessors......Page 174 5.6 The possessive pronoun and proper name construction......Page 183 5.7 Coordination of postnominal possessors......Page 193 5.8 Inalienable possession......Page 203 5.9 The DP level......Page 208 5.10 Summary......Page 210 6.2 Prenominal possessors in Scandinavian DPs......Page 212 6.3 Prenominal possessive pronouns......Page 216 6.4 The prenominal possessor doubling construction......Page 229 6.5 The possessive –s......Page 238 6.6 Pseudopossessors......Page 252 6.7 The definiteness of possessed nominal phrases......Page 262 6.8 Summary......Page 264 7.1 Introduction......Page 266 7.2 Bare singular nominals......Page 267 7.3 Tests for predicatehood......Page 283 7.4 The size of predicate nominals......Page 293 7.5 Summary......Page 310 8.2 Variation in spellout......Page 312 8.3 Variation in movement......Page 319 8.4 Variation in possessor licensing......Page 328 8.5 Concluding remarks......Page 335 REFERENCES......Page 340 LANGUAGE INDEX......Page 353 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 356 The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today......Page 364 Marit Julien. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [325]-337) And Indexes.