Possessive Structures as Evidence for DP in West Greenlandic

Langr, Kathleen

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“…(53) a te kalap-ja-i-d the you.NOM hat-POSS-PL-2sG 'your hats' (Szabolcsi 1994:1) (54) (a) Mari kalap-ja-i the Mari.NOM hat-POSS-PL(3SG) 'Mari's hats' (Szabolcsi 1994:1) To account for these two types of agreement, I adopt the analysis in Langr (2014) for WG possessives, in which I make use of a DP-projection and two types of agreement. The examples in (55) and 56show that a possessive marker ut(-i) similar to the ones in the Hungarian examples above does exist in WG in alienable possession constructions.…”

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“…Following the analysis of possessives in Langr (2014), I assume a PossP projection, located above NumP, as the structural layer whose specifier hosts the possessor (Anderson 1983-84, Longobardi 1994, Ritter 1991). 20 The Poss head is intended to host any possessive markers (as with -uti in (55) and (56)).…”

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“…I also assume that the ergative (possessive) case is inherent to the specifier of PossP based on parallels between possessors and ergative subjects in WG (Johns 1992 In order to account for the agreement, I follow Langr (2014), adopting a higher functional projection to act as an agreement-type projection that: (i) bears the phifeatures of the head noun phrase (which may then agree with the verbal complex), (ii) bears the features that agree with the possessor DP, and (iii) shows the clear order of POSS-matrix.agreement-possessor.agreement.…”

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“…In this manner, it is possible to account for the observed agreement facts as well as the relative order of morphemes. Langr (2014) leaves open what prompts D to probe for an additional set of phifeatures, but alludes to the transitive nature of Possessive DPs. It may well be that D must probe for two sets of phi-features in the same manner that particular verbs require multiple arguments.…”

Section: Possp F Ip[3] Unumfpl] Wordsmentioning

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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit

Manlove

2015

Can. J. Linguist.

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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit Abstract The goal of this paper is to argue in favor of a DP-layer in West Greenlandic Inuit noun phrases and in doing so contribute to the argument that the absence of overt D-elements is not directly indicative of the absence of a DP-layer. Inuit is a polysynthetic, ergative language with no overt articles; for this reason it has been argued that a D-head is unnecessary. Others have argued contrastively that a functional projection KP (Case) is necessary (often assuming DP). This paper differs from both camps in the sense that it considers syntactic features specific to D. I present three primary arguments in support of a D-head in West Greenlandic: (i) the D-head acts as the locus of agreement features in possessive DPs, (ii) the D-head is the locus of the syntactic/semantic feature of definiteness; and (iii) a DP-layer is needed to provide a landing site for movement in DP-internal word order variations.

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Section: Possessives In This Section I Discuss Possessive Agreement mentioning

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Section: Possessives In This Section I Discuss Possessive Agreement mentioning

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Section: Possessives In This Section I Discuss Possessive Agreement mentioning

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Section: Possp F Ip[3] Unumfpl] Wordsmentioning

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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit

Manlove

2015

Can. J. Linguist.

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“…, Павлин65 , Пузатый66 , Тощий67 , Длинный68 , Косой69 , Хромой70 , Плосконосый71 , Лопоухий72 , Безволосый73 , Шёлковая Борода 74 , Торчащая Борода75 . Распространённость этого типа прозвищ, помимо их основной, выделительной функции, связана, возможно, ещё и с тем, что о характере человека во многом судили по внешности.…”

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Ways to Identify Medieval Icelanders

LITOVSKIKH¹

2022

Nordic and Baltic Studies Review

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The article based on the material of the Old Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga deals with identification of medieval Icelanders in the society with the help of personal names, patronymics and nicknames. And if, as the analysis of the saga shows, personal names were a means of individual identification of a person, the generic names, on the contrary, connected a person with his family and especially with his namesake ancestors. The goals of the latter were also fulfilled by patronymics, toponymic and generic nicknames, while all other types of nicknames contributed to the individualization of a person. It can be argued that the generic identification of a person in medieval Icelandic society was based on the genealogical principle, and the individual identification complemented it, still relying on it, despite the fact that they were outwardly opposed.

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Possessive Structures as Evidence for DP in West Greenlandic

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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit

Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit

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