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The syntax & semantics of Yoráubá nominal expressions /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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M and J Grand Orbit Communications,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Editorial Note; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1
- Introduction; 1.1 Purpose and organization; 1.1.1 The expression of the possessive relation; 1.1.2 Discourse related interpretation; 1.1.2.1 Interpreting bare nouns; 1.1.2.2 Marking nouns for specificity and salience; 1.1.3 Plural strategies; 1.2 Clause structure; 1.2.1 Small clause; 1.2.2 Relative clause; 1.2.3 The Internal Structure of Yorùbá DP; 1.2.3.1 DP and the D position; 1.2.3.2 Genitive structure in DP; 1.2.4 D(emonstrative) and NP; 1.2.5 Modification.
- Chapter 2
- Yorùbá Genitve Constructions2. Introduction; 2.1 The semantics of the R-relation; 2.1.1 Three kinds of R-relation; 2.1.2 "Possessive" versus "Genitive"; 2.1.3 Possessor and Possessum; 2.1.4 The three types of genitive constructions in Yorùbá; 2.2 The syntax of the R-relation; 2.2.1 Possessor-Possessum as a co-argument relation; 2.2.1.1 Base structure for Yorùbá genitives; 2.2.1.2 Other languages with overt genitive morphemes; 2.2.2 Possessor-Possessum as a Head-Complement relation; 2.2.3 Parallels between V-syntax and N-syntax.
- 2.2.3.1 Parallels between the verbal possessive and the nominal genitive2.2.3.2 Parallels between IP-syntax and DP-syntax; 2.3 The Yorùbá nominal genitive: syntax; 2.3.1 Yorùbá genitive constructions involve a co-argument relation; 2.3.2 Possessum raising in Yorùbá genitive constructions; 2.3.3 What moves: N or NP?; 2.3.3.1 Evidence from modifier placement; 2.3.3.2 Evidence from structural ambiguity; 2.3.3.3 Evide nce from selectional restrictions; 2.3.4 Genitive pronouns; 2.4 The Yorùbá nominal genitive: Syntax-phonology interaction; 2.4.1 Spelling out the genitive: cross-linguistic evidence.
- Chapter 3
- ti-Genitives as Reduced Relative Clauses3 Introduction; 3.1 The parallel between ti genitives and tí relative clauses; 3.1.1Two structures for relative clauses; 3.1.1.1 Relative clauses as complements to D; 3.1.1.2 Relative clauses as adjuncts to NP; 3.1.2 ti genitives are reduced relative clauses; 3.1.2.1 M-tone ti and H-tone tí; 3.1.2.2 MTS and HTS; 3.1.2.3 H-tone ní and M-tone ni; 3.1.2.4 The significance of H-tone/M-tone alternations; 3.1.3 The ti N construction; 3.1.3.1 ti as Complementizer analysis; 3.1.3.2 ti as N analysis: Awóbùlúyì (2004).