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Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries / Dorian Roehrs.

Title
Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries / Dorian Roehrs.
Author
Roehrs, Dorian
Publication
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2009.

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Description
ix, 196 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 140
Uniform Title
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 140.
Subject
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun phrase
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives
  • Definiteness (Linguistics)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic proposal -- 3. Assumptions and their motivation -- 4. Overview of the chapters -- Ch. 2. syntactic distribution of determiners -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Word order possibilities of demonstratives and articles in Early Scandinavian -- 3. Formalizing the development of the suffixed article -- 4. Unifying the different determiner systems -- 5. "Split" articles in the Scandinavian languages -- 6. alternative proposal: Julien (2002 [2005]) -- 7. Conclusion -- Ch. 3. syntax and semantics of non-/restrictive modifiers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. syntax and semantics of restrictive modifiers -- 3. syntax and semantics of non -restrictive modifiers -- 4. Extension to Romance adjectives -- 5. Some further issues -- 6. Conclusion -- Ch. 4. strong and weak alternation in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. strong and weak inflections: The traditional endings -- 3. problem: Determiners with different endings -- 4. proposal: Weak and strong null endings more generally -- 5. Null endings as no endings: The new inflections -- 6. Distribution of inflections: The traditional picture -- 7. new picture -- 8. strong and weak alternation as a reflex of Impoverishment -- 9. Basic derivations -- 10. Special cases -- 11. Conclusion -- Ch. 5. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9789027255235 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 9027255237 (hb : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008051209
OCLC
  • 276406252
  • SCSB-12142473
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