28.3598, Books: The expression of modifiers and arguments in the noun phrase and beyond: Rijn
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:28:39
From: Jolanda Rozendaal [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: The expression of modifiers and arguments in the noun phrase and beyond: Rijn
Title: The expression of modifiers and arguments in the noun phrase and
beyond
Subtitle: A typological study
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/the-expression-of-modifiers-and-arguments-in-the-noun-phrase-and-beyond
Author: Marlou van Rijn
Paperback: ISBN: 9789460932373 Pages: Price: ----
Abstract:
A major semantic distinction obtaining in phrases and clauses is that between
modifiers and arguments. While arguments are inherent to the meaning of the
head of the phrase or clause, modifiers merely supplement the head with
additional information. Typical examples of argument-taking heads are verbs
and adpositions, but also relational nouns such as kinship terms and body part
terms. Typical examples of modifier-taking heads are non-relational nouns,
such as those denoting concrete, inanimate objects, like ‘pot’ or ‘pen’.
This dissertation investigates to what extent the modifier/argument opposition
constrains the morphosyntactic expression of possessive NPs, adpositional
phrases and verbal main clauses. Using data of 64 different languages from all
over the world, it is shown that the modifier/argument distinction strongly
correlates with four typological parameters: locus of marking, the
referentiality of person marking, the formal bondedness of person marking, and
identity of marking. The first three parameters apply to possessive NPs: it is
shown that possessive modifiers, as functionally optional enrichments of the
head, are more likely to be the locus of morphosyntactic marking than
possessive arguments. Also, possessive modifiers tend to be expressed by more
referential and more formally independent person markers than possessive
arguments. The final parameter applies beyond the domain of the NP: it is
shown that if a language uses the same morphosyntactic form to mark modifiers
in phrases and arguments in clauses, it also uses this form to mark arguments
in phrases. Together, these findings demonstrate the typological relevance of
the semantic opposition between modifiers and arguments, in the possessive NP
and beyond.
Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
Typology
Written In: English (eng)
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