17.2439, Qs: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs

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Subject: 17.2439, Qs: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs

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Date: 29-Aug-2006
From: Carol Aguiar < carolina.unb at gmail.com >
Subject: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs 

	
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:04:45
From: Carol Aguiar < carolina.unb at gmail.com >
Subject: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs 
 


Dear all, I am working on topicalization of quantified DPs in Brazilian
Portuguese (BP) and I have already noticed that a topicalized DPs is okay
if it contains a modifier, as in (1) and (2): 

(1) Every boy that I meet, you would like to meet    (English)
(2) Todo menino bonito, a   Maria quer  namorar   (BP)                 
    all  boy    cute,   the Maria wants date-Inf 
    "Every cute boy, Maria wants to data" 

Thus, I would appreciate if you could tell if there is any research showing
other syntactic and semantic differences in behavior between DPs with and
without internal modification. 

Thank you, 
Carol Aguiar
University of Brasilia/Unicamp, Brazil 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax




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