The Syntax of Number, Person and Gender
A Theory of Phi-Features
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Published on 25. June 2012
IX, 277 pages
978-3-11-086936-1 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Preliminary Assumptions
- 1.1. Background: the Principles and Parameters framework
- Chapter 2: The Case System
- 2.0. Introduction
- 2.2. Case-selection
- 2.3. Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 3: Agreement
- 3.0. Introduction
- 3.1. Phi-features in pronouns
- 3.2. Phi-features in determiners
- 3.3. The structure of noun phrases
- 3.4. The nature of specifiers
- 3.5. The nature of nouns
- 3.6. A comparison with the DP-analysis
- 3.7. The lexical categories reconsidered
- 3.8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 4: Prenominal Adjectives
- 4.0. Introduction
- 4.1. The distribution of adjectives
- 4.2. The final schwa
- 4.3. Adjectival specifiers
- 4.4. Adjectival predicates
- 4.5. Adjectival arguments
- 4.6. More than one prenominal adjective
- 4.7. Deflected prenominal adjectives
- 4.8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 5: Numerals, Quantifiers, and other Prenominals
- 5.0. Introduction
- 5.2. The phi-features of quantifiers
- 5.3. Van die-constructions (or: paradigm-less van)
- 5.4. Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 6: Finite INFL
- 6.0. Introduction
- 6.2. Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 7: Non-finite INFL
- 7.0. Introduction
- 7.1. Infinitival verbs
- 7.2. Past participles (geVd)
- 7.3. The functional projection of traces
- 7.4. Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix A: On the nature of derived words
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Compounds
- 2. 'Small clause' verbs
- 3. Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix B: On the Interpretation of Tense
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Reichenbach's tense system
- 2. A syntactically based tense system
- 3. Sentences with more than one tense
- 4. Conclusion
- Notes
- Appendix C: On the Representation of Verb Clusters
- 0. Introduction
- 1. The problem
- 2. The proposal
- 3. The facts
- 4. Some residual problems
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
