The Syntax of Number, Person and Gender
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The Syntax of Number, Person and Gender

A Theory of Phi-Features

  1. 286 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Syntax of Number, Person and Gender

A Theory of Phi-Features

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: Preliminary Assumptions
  3. 1.1. Background: the Principles and Parameters framework
  4. Chapter 2: The Case System
  5. 2.0. Introduction
  6. 2.2. Case-selection
  7. 2.3. Conclusion
  8. Notes
  9. Chapter 3: Agreement
  10. 3.0. Introduction
  11. 3.1. Phi-features in pronouns
  12. 3.2. Phi-features in determiners
  13. 3.3. The structure of noun phrases
  14. 3.4. The nature of specifiers
  15. 3.5. The nature of nouns
  16. 3.6. A comparison with the DP-analysis
  17. 3.7. The lexical categories reconsidered
  18. 3.8. Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Chapter 4: Prenominal Adjectives
  21. 4.0. Introduction
  22. 4.1. The distribution of adjectives
  23. 4.2. The final schwa
  24. 4.3. Adjectival specifiers
  25. 4.4. Adjectival predicates
  26. 4.5. Adjectival arguments
  27. 4.6. More than one prenominal adjective
  28. 4.7. Deflected prenominal adjectives
  29. 4.8. Conclusion
  30. Notes
  31. Chapter 5: Numerals, Quantifiers, and other Prenominals
  32. 5.0. Introduction
  33. 5.2. The phi-features of quantifiers
  34. 5.3. Van die-constructions (or: paradigm-less van)
  35. 5.4. Conclusion
  36. Notes
  37. Chapter 6: Finite INFL
  38. 6.0. Introduction
  39. 6.2. Conclusion
  40. Notes
  41. Chapter 7: Non-finite INFL
  42. 7.0. Introduction
  43. 7.1. Infinitival verbs
  44. 7.2. Past participles (geVd)
  45. 7.3. The functional projection of traces
  46. 7.4. Conclusion
  47. Notes
  48. Appendix A: On the nature of derived words
  49. 0. Introduction
  50. 1. Compounds
  51. 2. ‘Small clause’ verbs
  52. 3. Conclusion
  53. Notes
  54. Appendix B: On the Interpretation of Tense
  55. 0. Introduction
  56. 1. Reichenbach’s tense system
  57. 2. A syntactically based tense system
  58. 3. Sentences with more than one tense
  59. 4. Conclusion
  60. Notes
  61. Appendix C: On the Representation of Verb Clusters
  62. 0. Introduction
  63. 1. The problem
  64. 2. The proposal
  65. 3. The facts
  66. 4. Some residual problems
  67. 5. Conclusion
  68. Notes
  69. References
  70. Index