Description
Book Synopsisaeo Contains a very thorough review of the arguments used in the debate on the headedness of noun phrases. aeo Presents an Noun Phrase analysis, whereas recent analyses of noun phrases has been as Determiner Phrases. aeo Considers the noun as the head of the phrase, and the definite ending is not assigned syntactic status.
Table of Contents1. Introduction.
2. Determiners and Modifiers.
2.1. Previous Studies of Prenominal Elements.
2.2. The Determiner Field.
2.3. The Descriptive Field.
2.4. The Determiner Field vs. the Descriptive Field.
2.5. Conclusions.
3. Definite Feature or Definite Article.
3.1. Previous Analyses.
3.2. What is a Clitic?.
3.3. DEF as a Syntactic Element.
3.4. A Comparison with the Possessive -s in Swedish.
3.5. A Comparison with 'Enclitic Articles' in Other Languages.
3.6. Conclusions About the Status of the 'Enclitic Article'.
4. The Head of the Noun Phrase.
4.1. Introduction.
4.2. The Zwicky-Hudson Criteria.
4.3. Arguments for D as the Head of a Noun Phrase.
4.4. Arguments Against D as the Head of the Noun Phrase.
4.5. Conclusions.
5. Features in Definite Noun Phrases.
5.1. Introduction.
5.2. Nouns Without Syntactic Determiners.
5.3. Nouns with Syntactic Determiners.
5.4. Nouns with Adjectives and Determiners.
5.5. Some Residual Issues.
5.6. Conclusions.
6. Features in Indefinite Noun Phrases.
6.1. Introduction.
6.2. Nouns with Determiners.
6.3. Nouns without Determiners.
6.4. Conclusions.
7. Conclusion.
