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Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
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Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
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Cover; Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Abstract; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Preliminaries; 1.1 Semantics preliminaries: type-shifting; 1.1.1 Problems for invisible type-shifting operators; 1.1.2 Type-shifting and specificity; 1.1.3 Quantifiers: e-type at LF; 1.1.4 Introduction to the layer system; 1.1.4.1 The PDP layer; 1.1.4.2 The KIP Layer; 1.1.5 The semantic contribution; 1.2 Syntactic preliminaries: the DP hypothesis; 1.2.1 Functional projections; 1.2.2 N-movement. |
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1.2.3 The relative position of N and attributive adjectives1.2.4 Attributive adjectives in predicative position; 1.3 What this dissertation is not about; 1.4 Data; 1.5 Terminological conventions; 1.6 Overview of the contents; Notes; 2 The Strong/Weak Distinction and the Definiteness Effect; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The 'strong/weak' distinction; 2.2.1 Existential Sentences; 2.2.2 Numerals in ES; 2.3 Treatments of the Definiteness Effect; 2.3.1 Milsark (1977); 2.3.2 ES in Generalized Quantifier Theory; 2.3.2.1 Barwise & Cooper (1981); 2.3.2.2 Keenan (1987); 2.3.3 Heim on WHs in ES. |
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2.3.4 Presuppositional Set Theories of ES2.3.4.1 The "A Certain PN" Construction; 2.3.5 McNally (1992); 2.3.5.1 Predicate nominals and ES-internal noun phrases: some similarities; 2.3.5.2 A split analysis of DE; 2.3.5.3 Semantics of McNally (1992); 2.3.6 Criticism of McNally's account; 2.3.6.1 Two "be"?; 2.3.6.2 On the subkind reading for common nouns; 2.3.6.3 On the sortal uniformity of ES-internal noun phrase; 2.3.6.4 Italian ES: locatives and existentials; 2.3.6.5 Summary; Notes; 3 The kind-construction and its relatives; 3.1 Two orders of kind-nouns. |
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3.2 The family of 'pivotal' constructions3.2.1 Invertibility; 3.2.2 Agreement facts; 3.3 Copular sentences; 3.3.1 Moro's theory of copular sentences; 3.3.2 On empty pro-predicates; 3.4 The microstructure of the kind-construction; 3.4.1 Predicate and Argument in the kind-construction; 3.4.2 Identification with KIP; 3.5 Extraction possibilities; 3.5.1 Summary; 3.5.2 Reasons for raising; 3.5.2.1 Williams' puzzle revisited; 3.6 Chapter conclusions; Notes; 4 The layers of DP; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Some general principles; 4.1.2 The structure of weak argumental noun phrases. |
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4.1.3 Weak quantifiers as adjectives: the problem of negation4.1.4 On the absence of multiple determiners; 4.2 Evidence for three levels; 4.2.1 Coordination and bare predicates; 4.2.1.1 The interpretation of predicative KIP; 4.2.2 Predicative possessives; 4.2.3 Ne; 4.2.3.1 On unifying Ne; 4.2.4 Quantifiers under indefinites in Italian; 4.2.4.1 (Il) quale; 4.2.4.2 (Un) qualche; 4.2.5 Conclusions; 4.3 Spec/head licensing; 4.3.1 AdjP raising and predication; 4.3.2 On some differences between SDP and KIP; 4.4 The SDmax level; 4.4.1 Noun movement to SDmax; 4.4.2 Longobardi's (1994) theory. |
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4.4.3 A minimalist implementation. |
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The main topic of this work is the interaction between syntactic structure and meanin within the noun phrase, with data drwn primarily from English and Italian. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Determiners.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Determiners. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Existential constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Existential constructions. |
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Semantics.
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semantics. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. |
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Semantics. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Zamparelli, Rob. Layers in the Determiner Phrase. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780815337690 |
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9781135713935 (electronic book) |
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1135713936 (electronic book) |
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