The Layered DP

Name: The Layered DP | Form and meaning of French indefinites
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Form and meaning of French indefinites

Tabea Ihsane(Author)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Published on 12. June 2008

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The Layered DP
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Chapter 1. Introduction
1. Setting the scene
2. The puzzle
2.1 On the interpretation of indefinites
2.2 On the structure of indefinites
2.3 What moves when and where
2.4 The French du/des 'of.the' construction
3. The proposals
4. Theoretical framework
4.1 Generative Grammar
4.2 The cartographic approach
4.3 Relativized Minimality
4.4 The structure of nominal phrases
4.4.1 From NP to DP
4.4.1.1 The co-occurrence of determiners
4.4.1.2 The DP-CP parallel
4.4.1.3 Movement
4.4.2 The nominal architecture
4.4.2.1 The inflectional domain
4.4.2.2 The left periphery
5. The Data
5.1 Two-way ambiguities
5.1.1 Milsark
5.1.2 Fodor and Sag
5.1.3 Enç
5.1.4 Diesing
5.1.5 Summary and comparison
5.2 Three-way ambiguities
5.2.1 Dobrovie-Sorin and Beyssade
5.2.2 Baunaz
5.2.3 Summary
Chapter 2. un-NPs 'a-NPs'
1. Introduction
2. Types of un-NPs
2.1 Referential noun phrases
2.1.1 Definition and characteristics
2.1.2 Referential un-NPs
2.2 Quantificational noun phrases
2.2.1 Definition and characteristics
2.2.2 Quantificational un-NPs
2.2.3 Presupposition of existence
2.3 A third type of noun phrases
2.3.1 Interpretation and characteristics
2.3.2 Property-denoting noun phrases
2.3.3 The distribution of P-un-NPs
2.4 Conclusion
3. The structure of un-NPs
3.1 The structure of arguments
3.1.1 Arguments as DPs
3.1.2 Previous analysis
3.2 The lowest projection of the left periphery
3.2.1 The structure
3.2.2 Some consequences
3.3 The Quantifier Phrase
...3.3.1 The structure
...3.3.2 Scope islands
...3.3.3 Scope interactions
3.4 The S-Reference phrase
...3.4.1 The structure
...3.4.2 Scope islands
...3.4.3 Intermediate scope
...3.4.4 Quantifier Raising without circularity
...3.4.5 Semantic paraphrases
...3.4.6 The limits of a choice function analysis
3.5 Comparison with two-way analyses
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3. Du/des-NPs
1. Introduction
1.1 The analysis
1.2 The ambiguity of du/des-constructions
1.3 Structures in a pre -DP framework
1.3.1 The partitive constituent
1.3.2 The quantitative constituent
2. Types of du/des-NPs
2.1 S-referential des-NPs
2.2 Quantificational du/des-NPs
2.3 Property du/des-NPs
2.4 Conclusion
3. The structure
3.1 The left periphery
3.1.1 Property du/des-NPs
3.1.2 Quantificational du/des-NPs
3.1.3 S-referential des-NPs
3.2 The inflectional domain
3.2.1 The interpretation
3.2.2 The structure
3.3 More on partitives
3.4 Notes on the-NPs
4. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Bare nouns
1. Introduction
2. Types of bare nouns
2.1 Germanic and Romance
2.2 French
3. The structure
3.1 The left periphery
3.2 The inflectional domain
4. Coordinated bare nouns
4.1 The interpretation
4.1.1 Singulars
4.1.2 Plurals
4.2 The structure
4.2.1 The left periphery
4.2.2 The inflectional domain
5. Further issues
5.1 The generic reading
5.2 A note on incorporation
6. Conclusion
Chapter 5. Conclusion
1. The results
1.1 The analysis and the proposals
1.2 Prediction for language acquisition
2. Further issues and future research
2.1 The unbounded reading
2.2 Languages without determiners
Bibliography
Index
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