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Title Noun phrases and nominalization in Basque : syntax and semantics / edited by Urtzi Etxeberria. Ricardo Etxepare, Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations
Series Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics Today ; v. 187
Linguistik aktuell ; v. 187.
Contents Noun Phrases and Nominalization in Basque; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Summary of the chapters; Part 1: DPs and quantification; Part 2: Nominal expressions and predicative configurations; Part 3: Clausal nominalizations; References; Part I. DPs and quantification; The DP Hypothesis in the grammar of Basque; 1. Preliminary remarks; 2. The DP Hypothesis applied to Basque; 2.1 Problems for the standard NP-analysis of Basque noun phrases; 2.2 Abney's original insights and Basque grammar
2.3 Personal pronouns as determiners and proper names2.4 Other possible internal arguments?; 2.5 Quick assessment of the DP Hypothesis; 3. What does the NP/DP distinction do to Basque grammar?; 3.1 Vocatives; 3.2 The formation of complex predicates of the [NP + V] type; 3.3 Predicate nominals in Basque: A short overview; 3.4 The NP/DP distinction in Basque revisited; 4. Functional structure beyond D: On the syntax of Basque quantifiers; 4.1 The article in a functional position below D?; 4.2 Two types of quantifiers; 4.3 Number marking and further issues; 5. A note on doubly determined DPs
6. ConclusionReferences; The way the definite determiner affects quantifiers in Basque (and beyond); 1. Introduction; 2. Quantification in Basque: Strong vs. weak quantifiers; 2.1 Co-occurrence with the definite D; 2.2 Existential sentences; 2.3 Presuppositionality; 3. Background: Is Generalized Quantifier Theory correct?; 3.1 Quantifiers and D in St'át'imcets (Matthewson 1998, 2001); 3.2 Problems with the assumption that the domain of Q-det is e; 4. Etxeberria & Giannakidou (2010): Domain restricting D as a modifier function
4.1 D can restrict the domain in two ways: On the NP, or on the Q-det4.2 D-restriction can only happen once, and creates QPs, not DPs; 4.2.1 First incorrect alternative analysis: Strong Q-dets create DPs; 5. Partitives: Strongly interpreted weak quantifiers; 6. Contextual domain restriction and the strong-weak distinction; 7. Conclusions; References; An overview of Basque measure phrases; 1. Quantifiers in noun phrases; 1.1 Prenominal measure phrases; 1.2 Postnominal quantifier phrases; 2. Adjective degrees and measure; 2.1 Measurement of simple adjectives
2.2 The "differential" in comparative constructions2.3 -AGO, -EGI and -EN (comparative, excessive and superlative); 2.4 What is the difference between simple adjective/adverb phrases and comparatives?; 2.5 Word order; 2.6 Gehiago 'more'; 2.7 A final note: Expressing measure and quantity together; 3. Conclusions; References; Number agreement in Basque; 1. Introduction: The phenomenon; 2. A previous view: Non-agreeing cases as masses; 3. Are non-agreeing quantifiers mass?; 4. The distributive character of non-agreeing quantifiers; 4.1 Distributive readings; 4.2 Predicate classes
Summary This collective volume on nominal expressions in Basque, a language isolate with no known relatives, comprises original papers on the syntactic structure and the interpretation of both noun phrases and nominalization constructions - a traditionally neglected aspect of Basque linguistics. The minute attention to properties and paradigms previously overlooked, and the analyses of them in the light of recent advances in syntactic theory make this book a valuable tool for syntacticians, semanticists and morphologists. This work fills a gap in the theoretical study of Basque
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 4.3 Once-only predicates
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Subject Basque language -- Noun
Basque language -- Syntax
Basque language -- Semantics
Basque language -- Grammar
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Basque language -- Grammar
Basque language -- Syntax
Form Electronic book
Author Etxeberria, Urtzi
Etxepare, Ricardo.
Uribe-Etxebarria, Myriam.
LC no. 2012006558
ISBN 9789027274540
9027274541
1280690224
9781280690228
9789027255709
9027255709
9786613667168
6613667161