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The syntax of number, person, and gender : a theory of phi-features / by Johan Kerstens.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kerstens, Johan, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton De Gruyter, 1993.
Series:Linguistic models ; 18.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Generative grammar.
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • 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.
  • NotesChapter 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. Introduction6.2. 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. â€?Small clauseâ€? verbs
  • 3. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Appendix B: On the Interpretation of Tense
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. Reichenbachâ€?s tense system
  • 2. A syntactically based tense system
  • 3. Sentences with more than one tense.
  • 4. ConclusionNotes
  • 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.

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