The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases

Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen; Sybesma, Rint

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“…18 For other considerations why Cl is associated with Number, see Cheng and Sybesma (1999) and Hsieh (2008). 19 Why uk 1 -deng 2 "roof" in (29) has no classi er, will become clear below, when we discuss the role of ge 3 (de).…”

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The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases (1)

Cheng,

Sybesma,

Lee

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This chapter focuses on the structure of the noun phrase. After laying out what different forms the nominal phrase can take and what their interpretational properties are, we investigate issues related to modi cation and the nature of the classi er. After this, we discuss proposals in the literature on the structure of the noun phrase, discussing issues related to number as well as to the question of whether the Chinese noun phrase involves a DP or not. Our discussion will draw on data from both Mandarin and Cantonese. 1

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The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases (1)

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“…Descriptive adjectives mark a "defining property", they are heads, and are syntactically close to the noun (Paul 2005: 758). Restrictive or "attributive" adjectives on the other hand, marking "accessory properties" according to Paul (2005), are maximal projections, they are separated from the noun by the modifying particle de 的 and pertain to a phrase higher than NP (often labeled as Classifier Phrase, see Cheng & Sybesma 2014).…”

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Adjectival modification in Truku Seediq

Saillard

2022

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This paper investigates the position of adjectives in noun phrases in Truku Seediq, proposing that the two documented positions correspond to different semantics as well as a difference in syntax. While post-nominal adjectives, corresponding to basic word-order in Truku Seediq, may be either restrictive or descriptive, pre-nominal adjectives, seen as an innovation, are semantically restrictive. This paper also argues for a difference in syntactic structure for both kinds of adjectives, restrictive adjectives heading their own projection while descriptive adjectives are bare adjectives standing in a closer relationship to the modified noun. This paper further identifies a syntactic constraint for pre-nominal adjectival placement that applies regardless of restrictivity of the modifier, namely the presence of a possessive clitic to the right of the modified noun. Data collection is achieved through both a traditional elicitation method and an experimental task-based method. Data are further digitalized in order to ensure systematic searchability. The data thus collected are apt to support semantic analysis as well as an investigation of age-group-related variation. It is claimed that language contact with Mandarin Chinese may be one of the triggering factors for the development of a pre-nominal position for modifying adjectives in Truku Seediq.

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“…17 Cheng and Sybesma (1998) present two different syntactic diagnostics to distinguish measure expressions and sortal classi ers. See Hsieh (2008), Tang (2007), and X. Li (2011) for discussions of these diagnostics.…”

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