Special issue: Different perspectives on proper noun modifiers

Breban, Tine; Kolkmann, Julia

doi:10.1017/s136067431900025x

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“…Proper noun modifiers ( the FBI director ) play a prominent role in this work as they may combine properties of both determiner genitives and noun modifiers. They have attracted considerable interest since, not only in English (Breban 2018) but also in German (Zifonun 2010; Schlücker 2013, 2018) and Swedish (Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2009, 2013), to the extent that a whole volume (Breban & Kolkmann 2019) is devoted to them. One of the controversial questions discussed in the literature is if and to what extent (proper) noun modifiers are really equivalent to determiner genitives (see, in particular, Breban 2018; Breban et al .…”

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On the (non-)equivalence of constructions with determiner genitives and noun modifiers in English

Rosenbach

2019

English Language and Linguistics

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The question of equivalence of constructions with determiner genitives (the FBI's director,the chair's leg) and noun modifiers (the FBI director,the chair leg) is a crucial one for Rosenbach's (2007a, 2010) approach to the gradience between genitive and noun + noun constructions as well as for any study of grammatical variation treating the two constructions as syntactic variants (Szmrecsanyiet al. 2016). However, the assumption that there is such equivalence has recently been challenged by Breban (2018) for English and Schlücker (2013, 2018) for German. The present article defends the view that determiner genitives and identifying noun modifiers are sufficiently similar to alternate in certain choice contexts from a variationist perspective, which, as will be shown, proceeds from a notion of equivalence different from the one adopted by in-depth semantic–pragmatic studies. Proper noun modifiers take a prominent role among identifying noun modifiers in their ability to alternate with determiner genitives, but the argument and analysis in this article is not restricted to them.

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On the (non-)equivalence of constructions with determiner genitives and noun modifiers in English

Rosenbach

2019

English Language and Linguistics

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“…Much could be said about object positioning in Spanish; nonetheless, since the main aim of this article is to underline some of the most common word order trouble spots in English from the perspective of the Spanish L1 group, suffice it to say that some of the most difficult aspects of object order in English have been explained above and that this area of grammar is considerably more complex in the Spanish language (see Bosque & Demonte, 1999).…”

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Dealing with Inverse Translation: Word Order in Spanish L1-English L2 Translated Texts

Rodriguez-Murphy¹

2023

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The aim of this article is to focus on the arrangement of words in phrase, clause and sentence structures in English discourse and its importance in achieving successful communication, for example, when doing inverse translation. Positioning syntax is considered as a contributing factor in the construction of expression of meaning in coherent and unified pieces of translated discourse. After several years of teaching inverse translation (Spanish-English) to proficient English L2 students, I have observed that for them mastering word order in Spanish L1-English L2 translated texts is extremely challenging and more complex than is often presumed; bringing awareness of this into the classroom is worthwhile. One of the main obstacles students must overcome when producing discourse in English is that of L1 interference; misapplication of the descriptive rules of word order in their own, or any other, language, will lead to stumbling blocks in the process of communication. By providing carefully selected samples of language for analysis, together with clear explanations, this article attempts to offer a practical approach to dealing with this aspect of grammar. For the purposes of illustration, Spanish, the source language in the examples included in the study, has been used for comparative reference.

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“…Various approaches have been proposed to investigate/solve the case of proper names used as modifiers in NPs. In this respect, it is worth mentioning the article "Special Issue: Different Perspectives on Proper Noun Modifiers" by T. Breban and J. Kolkmann (2019) which provides a detailed overview of linguists' contribution to understanding their status in different languages. The language data in their focus includes NPs like the Lincoln road, the Watergate scandal, and Kerry supporter.…”

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Headlines in The Guardian editorials: the syntax and semantics of noun phrases

Pavlenko

2021

LCMP

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The Guardian editorial headline is viewed as a two-component structure punctuated with colons in which the first part names the topic and the second one provides its comment. The article examines the frequency and diversity of eight noun phrase patterns and gives structural and functional analysis of their constituents. The author studies how categorial features of nouns, adjectives, and prepositions manifest themselves on a phrase level. Three types of semantic relations between noun-noun components are defined. Two more aspects under consideration are complexity and coordination in noun phrases.

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Special issue: Different perspectives on proper noun modifiers

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

On the (non-)equivalence of constructions with determiner genitives and noun modifiers in English

On the (non-)equivalence of constructions with determiner genitives and noun modifiers in English

Dealing with Inverse Translation: Word Order in Spanish L1-English L2 Translated Texts

Headlines in The Guardian editorials: the syntax and semantics of noun phrases

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