Dékány The Hungarian Nominal Functional Sequence

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-63441-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 100, 273 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

The Hungarian Nominal Functional Sequence combines the methods of syntactic cartography with evidence from compositional semantics in a comprehensive exploration of the structure of Noun Phrases. Proceeding from the lexical core to the top of DP, it uses Hungarian as a window on the underlying universal functional hierarchy of Noun Phrases, but it also regularly complements and supports the analysis with cross-linguistic evidence. The book works out a minimal map of the extended NP in the sense that the proposed hierarchy only has projections which host overt material and it does not draw on semantically empty word order projections. Topics which receive special attention include the syntax of classifiers, demonstratives, proper names, possessive NPs and plural pronouns.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dékány, Éva

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- TOC.- Letter-to-sound correspondences.- Abbreviations.- Introduction.- The Functional Sequence up to QP.- The Functional Sequence above QP.- Possessive DPs.- Pronouns.- Conclusions.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Éva Dékány is a senior researcher at the Research Institute for Linguistics in Budapest. She received her PhD in theoretical linguistics from the University of Tromsø in 2012. Her main areas of interest are the structure of nominal and adpositional phrases as well as subordination in Hungarian and various Finno-Ugric languages.