Nominal phrases from a Scandinavian perspective - Julien, Marit (J. Benjamins Pub., 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index
Nominal Phrases from a Scandinavian Perspective; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THE DP; 2. DEFINITE DPS; 3. DETERMINERS AND RELATIVE CLAUSES; 4. DEMONSTRATIVES AND STRONG QUANTIFIERS; 5. POSTNOMINAL POSSESSORS; 6. PRENOMINAL POSSESSORS; 7. PREDICATES AND ARGUMENTS; 8. SOME CROSSLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
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 phrase