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From NP to DP

Volume 1: The syntax and semantics of noun phrases

Edited by Martine Coene and Yves D’hulst

University of Antwerp / University of Leiden

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 55

2003. vi, 362 pp.
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Part of the set: Coene, Martine and Yves D’hulst (eds.), From NP to DP: 2 Volumes (set).

This is the first of a two-volume selection of refereed and revised papers, originally presented at the international conference From NP to DP at the University of Antwerp. The papers address issues in the syntax and semantics of the noun phrase, in particular the so-called DP-hypothesis which takes noun phrases to be headed by a functional head D(eterminer). The major concerns can be grouped around 3 subthemes: the internal syntax of noun phrases, the syntax and semantics of bare nouns and indefinites and the expression of measurement in noun phrases. The wealth of data coming from over 40 different languages combined with a thorough introduction to the current issues in the field of NPs/DPs and some alternative syntactic and semantic analyses, provide a comprehensive reference work from both a descriptive and a theoretical point of view. The second volume is concerned exclusively with the expression of possession in noun phrases.

Introduction: The syntax and semantics of noun phrases: Theoretical background Martine Coene and Yves D’hulst	1–33
Introduction: Case studies Martine Coene and Yves D’hulst	35–46
1. Determiner Phrases in Old and Modern French Paul Boucher	47–69
2. On pro-nouns and other “pronouns” Rose-Marie Déchaine and Martina Wiltschko	71–89
3. Modification in the Balkan nominal expression: An account of the (A)NA : AN(A) order contrast Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova	91–118
4. Subnominal empty categories as subordinate topics Petra Sleeman	119–137
5. ‘Transparent’ free relatives as a special instance of ‘standard’ free relatives Alexander Grosu	139–178
6. Resolving number ambiguities in Sakha: Evidence for the Determiner Phrase as a processing domain Edith Kaan and Nadezhda Vinokurova	179–193
7. Weak indefinites Greg N. Carlson	195–210
8. Predicate–argument mismatches and the Adjectival Theory of indefinites Fred Landman	211–237
9. Determinerless nouns: A parametric mapping theory Giuseppe Longobardi	239–254
10. A Russellian interpretation of measure nouns Almerindo E. Ojeda	255–276
11. Generalizing over quantitative and qualitative constructions Jenny Doetjes and Johan Rooryck	277–295
12. On three types of movement within the Dutch nominal domain Norbert Corver	297–328
13. Semi-lexical nouns, classifiers, and the interpretation(s) of the pseudopartitive construction Melita Stavrou	329–353
Index of languages	355
Index of subjects	356–359

“Everybody will likely agree that this is a wonderful book. In one hand it presents a collection of fascinating problems related with the syntax and semantics of DP/NP, as well as very innovative solutions by outstanding scholars. In the other hand - and this is a rare property of this kind of collections - the editors make a very serious effort to present an overview with the state of the art in NP/DP research; and they achieve their goal soundly.”
Miguel Rodriguez-Mondonedo, University of Connecticut, on Linguist List 16-839, 2005

“I was very excited at the prospect of receiving and reading this two-volume study of NP's and DP's, and I was not disappointed. The chapters are excellent. The editors have done a great job. I heartily recommend these two volumes to anyone who is interested in the nominal domain.”
Eric Mathieu, Unversity of Ottawa, in Journal of Linguistics 41, 2005

Linguistics: Generative linguistics
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From NP to DP

Volume 1: The syntax and semantics of noun phrases

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