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1 online resource (xii, 458 pages) |
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North-Holland linguistic series, 0078-1592 ; v. 61 |
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North-Holland linguistic series ; v. 61. 0078-1592
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| Summary |
A study of why languages vary the way they do in the domain of adjectival modification in French as contrasted with other Indo-European languages (English, Celtic, Walloon, Romanian, Italian). Rejecting previous well-known analyses in terms of syntactic movement to various functional heads, the author proposes a model in which external properties of interfaces are the foundations from which the variation is derived. Limiting severely the technical apparatus of syntax, the author argues that the properties of number at the interfaces are shown to provide a simple and precise solution for longstanding problems of compositionality raised by adjectival modification. There is also a unified analysis of the many other properties involved. The model provides a principled explanation of the variation concerning nominals without determiners (bare NPs) and determiners without nominals (clitics) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-458) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Description based on online resource; title from website (Overdrive, viewed May 22, 2023) |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase.
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden.
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Frans.
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Vergelijkende taalwetenschap.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585475210 |
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9780585475219 |
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