Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries /

Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries /

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Author / Creator:	Roehrs, Dorian.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 140 Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 140.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Demonstratives. Definiteness (Linguistics) Definiteness (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Demonstratives. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11189180

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ISBN:	9789027289773 9027289778 1282104918 9781282104914 9789027255235 9027255237
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Written in the cartographic tradition, this monograph is concerned with the inner structure and derivation of noun phrases. It proposes that demonstratives and definite articles are similar to auxiliaries in the clause. Referencing mostly Germanic languages, the book argues that determiners are base generated below adjectives and subsequently move to the left periphery in a successive-cyclic fashion. Demonstrating that determiners are complex elements, it is proposed that languages vary with regard to when and what part of the determiner they move. This provides a novel account of the variatio.
Other form:	Print version: Roehrs, Dorian. Demonstratives and definite articles as nominal auxiliaries. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2009 9789027255235 9027255237

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Preface
2. Chapter 1. Introduction
3. Chapter 2. The syntactic distribution of determiners
4. Chapter 3. The syntax and semantics of non-/restrictive modifiers
5. Chapter 4. The strong and weak alternation in German
6. Chapter 5. Conclusion
7. References
8. Language index
9. Subject index