Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- 1 Goals and Basic Assumptions
- 2 Hierarchy I: Phrase Structure and Grammatical Functions
- 3 Hierarchy II: C-Command, Head-Movement and Locality
- 4 Hierarchy and Categories I: Refining the Structure of the Clause and the VP
- 5 Hierarchy and Categories II: The Structure of Nominals
- 6 Case and the Nature of Infinitives
- 7 Features, Case and Agreement
- 8 Hierarchy and Linear Order
- 9 The Origins of Hierarchy: Bare Phrase Structure
- Part II Locality
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
5 - Hierarchy and Categories II: The Structure of Nominals
from Part I - Configuration and Hierarchy
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Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- 1 Goals and Basic Assumptions
- 2 Hierarchy I: Phrase Structure and Grammatical Functions
- 3 Hierarchy II: C-Command, Head-Movement and Locality
- 4 Hierarchy and Categories I: Refining the Structure of the Clause and the VP
- 5 Hierarchy and Categories II: The Structure of Nominals
- 6 Case and the Nature of Infinitives
- 7 Features, Case and Agreement
- 8 Hierarchy and Linear Order
- 9 The Origins of Hierarchy: Bare Phrase Structure
- Part II Locality
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter we first look at the DP-hypothesis, the idea that nominals are DPs rather than NPs, and that NP is a complement of D. We then refine this idea, motivating a tripartite structure for the nominal, analogous to what we saw for the clause in the previous chapter. Next, we focus on the argument structure of nominals, comparing and contrasting with argument structure in the clause. Finally, we briefly describe the ways in which grammatical functions are marked in nominals, again contrasting this with the clause.
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- Continuing SyntaxHierarchy and Locality, pp. 97 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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Further Reading
Abney, S. P. 1987. The English noun phrase in its sentential aspect. PhD Dissertation. MIT.Google Scholar
Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax: A minimalist approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapter 7.10.1093/oso/9780199243709.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bošković, Ž. 2008. What will you have, DP or NP? In Elfner, Emily & Walkow, Martin (eds.), Proceedings of NELS 37. Amherst, MA: GLSA, University of Massachusetts, 101–14.Google Scholar
Cinque, G. 2005. Deriving Greenberg’s Universal 20 and its exceptions. Linguistic Inquiry 36: 315–32.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Giusti, G. 2015. Nominal syntax at the interfaces: A comparative analysis of languages with articles. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.Google Scholar
Haegeman, L. & Guéron, J.. 1999. English Grammar: A generative perspective. Oxford: Blackwell, 406–64.Google Scholar
Longobardi, G. 2008. Reference to individuals, person, and the variety of mapping parameters. In Klinge, A. & Müller, H. (eds.), Essays on Nominal Determination: From morphology to discourse management, 189–211. Amsterdam: Benjamins.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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