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Nominal Syntax at the Interfaces : a Comparative Analysis of Languages With Articles /

This volume offers a new perspective on the syntax of nominal expressions in various European languages, arguing that articles do not directly and biunivocally realise semantic definiteness. The first two chapters provide an accessible introduction to recent developments in generative syntax, namely...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giusti, Giuliana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume offers a new perspective on the syntax of nominal expressions in various European languages, arguing that articles do not directly and biunivocally realise semantic definiteness. The first two chapters provide an accessible introduction to recent developments in generative syntax, namely the cartographic and minimalist approaches, by focusing on the "imperfect" parallels between clauses and nominal expressions. The third chapter shows that feature sharing is not the result of a unique syntactic process, but, rather, the consequence of Merge, which creates syntactic structure instan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1443885673
9781443885676