On the Syntax of Gungbe Noun Phrases.
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| Title: | On the Syntax of Gungbe Noun Phrases. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Aboh, Enoch Olade |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 57 |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | African Languages, Determiners (Languages), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages |
| Abstract: | An analysis of Gungbe, an African language, proposes that the determiner phrase (DP) has a head-initial underlying structure, and that the determiner system involves a more articulated structure, with the DP including different functional projections. The determiner and its number projection host the specificity marker and the number marker respectively. In terms of split-determiner hypothesis, they are considered two interrelated components of the determiner and must be in local relation. Further, it is proposed that the surface noun phrase-determiner-number projection found in Gungbe and in Gbe languages generally results from application of the Generalized Licensing Criterion. Extending the split-determiner hypothesis to the Gungbe pronominal class, a tripartition is suggested, with three pronoun types identified. Contains 68 references. (MSE) |
| Entry Date: | 1998 |
| Accession Number: | ED420209 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | An analysis of Gungbe, an African language, proposes that the determiner phrase (DP) has a head-initial underlying structure, and that the determiner system involves a more articulated structure, with the DP including different functional projections. The determiner and its number projection host the specificity marker and the number marker respectively. In terms of split-determiner hypothesis, they are considered two interrelated components of the determiner and must be in local relation. Further, it is proposed that the surface noun phrase-determiner-number projection found in Gungbe and in Gbe languages generally results from application of the Generalized Licensing Criterion. Extending the split-determiner hypothesis to the Gungbe pronominal class, a tripartition is suggested, with three pronoun types identified. Contains 68 references. (MSE) |
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