The Noun Phrase Across Languages

Author : Tsuyoshi Ono,Sandra A. Thompson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 374 pages
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Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261519

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The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages by Tsuyoshi Ono,Sandra A. Thompson Pdf

The ‘NP’ is one of the least controversial grammatical units that linguists work with. The NP is often assumed to be universal, and appears to be robust cross-linguistically (compared to ‘VP’ or even ‘clause’) in that it can be manipulated in argument positions in constructed examples. Furthermore, for any given language, its internal structure (order and type of modifiers) tends to be relatively fixed. Surprisingly, however, the empirical basis for ‘NP’ has never been established. The chapters in this volume examine the NP in everyday interactions from diverse languages, including little-studied languages as well as better-researched ones, in a variety of interactional settings. Together, these chapters show that cross-linguistically, the category NP is not as robust as has been assumed: in the context of temporally unfolding human interaction, its structural status is constantly negotiated in terms of participants’ evolving social agendas.

Author : Frans Plank
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197075

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Noun Phrase Structure in the Languages of Europe by Frans Plank Pdf

The result of over five years of close collaboration among an international group of leading typologists within the EUROTYP program, this volume is about the morphology and syntax of the noun phrase. Particular attention is being paid to nominal inflectional categories and inflectional systems and to the syntax of determination, modification, and conjunction. Its areal focus, like that of other EUROTYP volumes, is on the languages of Europe; but in order to appreciate what is peculiarly European about their noun phrases, a more comprehensive and genuinely typological view is being taken at the full range of cross-linguistic variation within this structural domain. There has been no shortage lately of contributions to the theory of noun phrase structure; the present volume is, however, unique in the extent to which its theorizing is empirically grounded.

Author : Tsuyoshi Ono,Sandra A. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9027204993

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The 'Noun Phrase' Across Languages by Tsuyoshi Ono,Sandra A. Thompson Pdf

The 'NP' is one of the least controversial grammatical units that linguists work with. The NP is often assumed to be universal, and appears to be robust cross-linguistically (compared to 'VP' or even 'clause') in that it can be manipulated in argument positions in constructed examples. Furthermore, for any given language, its internal structure (order and type of modifiers) tends to be relatively fixed. Surprisingly, however, the empirical basis for 'NP' has never been established. The chapters in this volume examine the NP in ordinary interactions from diverse languages, including little-studied languages as well as better-researched ones, in a variety of interactional settings. Together, these chapters show that cross-linguistically, the category NP is not as robust as has been assumed: it is realized only in temporally unfolding human interaction, its structural status thus constantly being negotiated in terms of participants' social agendas.

Author : Dana Louagie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501512872

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Noun Phrases in Australian Languages by Dana Louagie Pdf

This book presents a first comprehensive typological analysis of noun phrases in Australian languages, covering the domains of classification, qualification, quantification, determination and constituency. The analysis is based on a representative sample of 100 languages. Among other points, the results call into question the classic idea that Australian languages tend to lack phrasal structures in the nominal domain, with over two thirds of the languages showing evidence for phrasehood. Moreover, it is argued that it may be more interesting to typologise languages on the basis of where and how they allow phrasal structure, rather than on the basis of a yes-no answer to the question of constituency. The analysis also shows that a determiner slot can be identified in about half of the languages, even though they generally lack 'classic' determiner features like obligatory use in particular contexts or a restriction to one determiner per NP. Special attention is given to elements, which can be used both inside and beyond determiner slots, demonstrating how part of speech and functional structure do not always align. The book is of interest to researchers documenting Australian languages, as well as to typologists and theorists.

Author : Jan Rijkhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198237822

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The Noun Phrase by Jan Rijkhoff Pdf

This book investigates noun phrases in a representative sample of the world's 6,000 or so languages and proposes a semantic model to describe their underlying structure in any natural language. It examines the semantic and morpho-syntactic properties of the constituents of noun phrases. Indoing so it shows that the noun phrase word order patterns of any human language can be derived from three universal ordering principles and, furthermore, that these are all elaborations of one general iconic principle according to which elements that belong together semantically tend to occurtogether syntactically.Professor Rijkhoff analyses the noun phrase as a semantic hierarchy which accommodates four noun modifiers relating to quality, quantity, location, and discourse. Noun phrases and sentences can be similarly analysed, he argues, because they have the same underlying semantic structure thataccommodates the same kind of modifier categories. He introduces the notion of Seinsart or 'mode of being' as the nominal counterpart of Aktionsart 'mode of action' in verb semantics. He proposes a new grammatical category of nominal aspect and an implicational universal concerning the occurrence ofadjectives as a major word class in the part-of-speech system of a language.The book is clearly organized, easily accessible, and assumes no knowledge of a particular formal or functional theory. It will interest linguists and students of linguistics of all theoretical persuasions, as well as students of the cognitive sciences and anthropology.

Author : Patricia Cabredo Hofherr,Anne Zribi-Hertz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004261440

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Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference by Patricia Cabredo Hofherr,Anne Zribi-Hertz Pdf

Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference presents 11 studies on the grammar of noun phrases. Part One explores structure and interpretation with respect to general linguistic categories (x-bar, number, countability, information structure). Parts Two and Three explore the workings of 'definiteness' marking.

Author : Lars Berghaus
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638794855

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Movement of Noun Phrases in English Syntax by Lars Berghaus Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, 2 Literaturquellen entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Goal of this piece of work is to provide a thorough overview and explanation of the movement of noun phrases (NPs) in the English language. Emphasis will be laid on the passivization and raising processes and the VP-Internal-Hypothesis which gives an understanding and explanation where nouns originate and move up to. A general introduction of transformational grammar and categories is supposed to give the necessary frame for understanding English syntax.

Author : Antonia Petronella Sleeman,Harry Perridon
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255549

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The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic by Antonia Petronella Sleeman,Harry Perridon Pdf

One of the recurrent questions in historical linguistics is to what extent languages can borrow grammar from other languages. It seems for instance hardly likely that each 'average European' language developed a definite article all by itself, without any influence from neighbouring languages. It is, on the other hand, by no means clear what exactly was borrowed, since the way in which definiteness is expressed differs greatly among the various Germanic and Romance languages and dialects. One of the main aims of this volume is to shed some light on the question of what is similar and what is different in the structure of the noun phrase of the various Romance and Germanic languages and dialects, and what causes this similarity or difference.

Author : Marlyse Baptista,Jacqueline Guéron
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902725253X

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Noun Phrases in Creole Languages by Marlyse Baptista,Jacqueline Guéron Pdf

This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilation of 16 chapters brings together descriptive, theoretical, diachronic and synchronic studies that focus on the structure and interpretation of bare nouns in creoles. The contributions demonstrate the variety and complex nature of determiner systems in creoles and their widespread use of bare nouns in comparison to their source languages. This volume is evidence of the relevance of creole languages to theories of language creation, language change and linguistic theory in general.

Author : Ana Aguilar-Guevara , Julia Pozas Loyo , Violeta Vázquez-Rojas Maldonado
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101924

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Definiteness across languages by Ana Aguilar-Guevara , Julia Pozas Loyo , Violeta Vázquez-Rojas Maldonado Pdf

Definiteness has been a central topic in theoretical semantics since its modern foundation. However, despite its significance, there has been surprisingly scarce research on its cross-linguistic expression. With the purpose of contributing to filling this gap, the present volume gathers thirteen studies exploiting insights from formal semantics and syntax, typological and language specific studies, and, crucially, semantic fieldwork and cross-linguistic semantics, in order to address the expression and interpretation of definiteness in a diverse group of languages, most of them understudied. The papers presented in this volume aim to establish a dialogue between theory and data in order to answer the following questions: What formal strategies do natural languages employ to encode definiteness? What are the possible meanings associated to this notion across languages? Are there different types of definite reference? Which other functions (besides marking definite reference) are associated with definite descriptions? Each of the papers contained in this volume addresses at least one of these questions and, in doing so, they aim to enrich our understanding of definiteness.

Author : Artemis Alexiadou,Liliane Haegeman,Melita Stavrou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110207491

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Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective by Artemis Alexiadou,Liliane Haegeman,Melita Stavrou Pdf

The goal of this book is twofold. On the one hand we want to offer a discussion of some of the more important properties of the nominal projection, on the other hand we want to provide the reader with tools for syntactic analysis which apply to the structure of DP but which are also relevant for other domains of syntax. In order to achieve this dual goal we will discuss phenomena which are related to the nominal projection in relation to other syntactic phenomena (e.g. pro drop will be related to N-ellipsis, the classification of pronouns will be applied to the syntax of possessive pronouns, N-movement will be compared to V-movement, the syntax of the genitive construction will be related to that of predicate inversion etc.). In the various chapters we will show how recent theoretical proposals (distributed morphology, anti-symmetry, checking theory) can cast light on aspects of the syntax of the NP. When necessary, we will provide a brief introduction of these theoretical proposals. We will also indicate problems with these analyses, whether they be inherent to the theories as such (e.g. what is the trigger for movement in antisymmetric approaches) or to the particular instantiations. The book cannot and will not provide the definitive analysis of the syntax of noun phrases. We consider that this would not be possible, given the current flux in generative syntax, with many new theoretical proposals being developed and explored, but the book aims at giving the reader the tools with which to conduct research and to evaluate proposals in the literature. In the discussion of various issues, we will apply the framework that is most adequate to deal with problems at hand. We will therefore not necessarily use the same approach throughout the discussion. Though proposals in the literature will be referred to when relevant, we cannot attempt to provide a critical survey of the literature. We feel that such a survey would be guided too strongly by theoretical choices, which would not be compatible with the pedagogical purposes this book has. The book is comparative in its approach, and data from different languages will be examined, including English, German, Dutch (West-Flemish), Greek, Romance, Semitic, Slavic, Albanian, Hungarian, Gungbe.

Author : Olga Vladimirovna Krasnoukhova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Indians of South America
ISBN : 9460930840

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The Noun Phrase in the Languages of South America by Olga Vladimirovna Krasnoukhova Pdf

Author : Petra Sleeman,Harry Perridon
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027287298

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The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic by Petra Sleeman,Harry Perridon Pdf

One of the recurrent questions in historical linguistics is to what extent languages can borrow grammar from other languages. It seems for instance hardly likely that each 'average European' language developed a definite article all by itself, without any influence from neighbouring languages. It is, on the other hand, by no means clear what exactly was borrowed, since the way in which definiteness is expressed differs greatly among the various Germanic and Romance languages and dialects. One of the main aims of this volume is to shed some light on the question of what is similar and what is different in the structure of the noun phrase of the various Romance and Germanic languages and dialects, and what causes this similarity or difference.

Author : Martine Coene,Yves D’hulst
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296559

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From NP to DP by Martine Coene,Yves D’hulst Pdf

This is the second of a two-volume selection of refereed and revised papers, originally presented at the special workshop of the international conference From NP to DP at the University of Antwerp. Reflecting the stage of current research with respect to the expression of possession in the noun phrase, it focusses on issues such as alienable and inalienable possession, internal and external syntax of possessors, interaction between determiners and possessors, interpretation of possessors and typology of possessors. The papers, preceded by an up-to-date overview and discussion of the most important studies in the field, provide an excellent basis for comparative analyses of possession in the noun phrase between a large number of languages.

Author : Laurie Bauer,Andreea S. Calude
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000043372

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Questions About Language by Laurie Bauer,Andreea S. Calude Pdf

Questions About Language sets out to answer, in a readable yet insightful format, a series of vital questions about language, some of which language specialists are regularly asked, and some of which are so surprising that only the specialists think about them. In this handy guide, sixteen language experts answer challenging questions about language, from What makes a language a language? to Do people swear because they don’t know enough words? Illustrating the complexity of human language, and the way in which we use it, the twelve chapters each end with a section on further reading for anyone interested in following up on the topic. Covering core questions about language, this is essential reading for both students new to language and linguistics and the interested general reader.