12.2688, Sum: Noun Phrase Constructions in Romance Langs

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-2688. Sat Oct 27 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.2688, Sum: Noun Phrase Constructions in Romance Langs

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Date:  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:29:53 -0700
From:  Luis Casillas <casillas at stanford.edu>
Subject:  "N de NP" constructions in Romance (12.2531)

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Date:  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:29:53 -0700
From:  Luis Casillas <casillas at stanford.edu>
Subject:  "N de NP" constructions in Romance (12.2531)

On issue 12.2531 (http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2531.html#1),
I asked for references on the following sort of construction in Romance
languages:

(1) Spanish
    a. El  imbécil del    vecino   no  quiere salir.
       the imbecle of-the neighbor NEG want   exit
       `My imbecile of a neighbor does't want to go out.'
    b. Ese  horror de film ha  recibido buenas críticas.
       that horror of film has received good   reviews
       `That horrrible film has had good reviews.'

(2) Québécois French
    a. Cette crapule de banquier m'a    fourré.
       that  rascal  of banker   me-has tricked
       `That rascal of a banker has tricked me.''
    b. J'ai   smashé  avec ce   criss de char.
       I-have smashed with that damn  of car
       `I smashed that damn car.'

I am making available the list of works I've been able to collect so
far from my query for references. Most have to do with French, though
a few cover Spanish, Italian, Dutch and English. The reference list is
available at the following URL:

  http://www.stanford.edu/~casillas/XdeY_bib.html

I still expect to receive more works; I will update the document at that
address to reflect what I receive.

I must thank the following people for their help: Torodd Kinn, Francesca
Del Gobbo, Pierre Larrivée, David Pesetsky, Ora Matushansky, Manuel
Español-Echevarría, Marie Thèrese Vinet, Analía García and José Luis
Méndez.

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Luis Casillas
Department of Linguistics
Stanford University

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