Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit
Abstract Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit Abstract The goal of this paper is to argue in favor of a DP-layer in West Greenlandic Inuit noun phrases and in doing so contribute to the argument that the absence of overt D-elements is not directly indicative of the absence of a DP-...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0008413100026244 2024-03-03T08:45:04+00:00 Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit Manlove, Kathleen 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008413100026244 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008413100026244 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique volume 60, issue 3, page 327-360 ISSN 0008-4131 1710-1115 Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics journal-article 2015 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008413100026244 2024-02-08T08:26:53Z Abstract Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit Abstract The goal of this paper is to argue in favor of a DP-layer in West Greenlandic Inuit noun phrases and in doing so contribute to the argument that the absence of overt D-elements is not directly indicative of the absence of a DP-layer. Inuit is a polysynthetic, ergative language with no overt articles; for this reason it has been argued that a D-head is unnecessary. Others have argued contrastively that a functional projection KP (Case) is necessary (often assuming DP). This paper differs from both camps in the sense that it considers syntactic features specific to D. I present three primary arguments in support of a D-head in West Greenlandic: (i) the D-head acts as the locus of agreement features in possessive DPs, (ii) the D-head is the locus of the syntactic/semantic feature of definiteness; and (iii) a DP-layer is needed to provide a landing site for movement in DP-internal word order variations. Article in Journal/Newspaper greenlandic inuit Cambridge University Press Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique 60 3 327 360 |
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Abstract Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit Abstract The goal of this paper is to argue in favor of a DP-layer in West Greenlandic Inuit noun phrases and in doing so contribute to the argument that the absence of overt D-elements is not directly indicative of the absence of a DP-layer. Inuit is a polysynthetic, ergative language with no overt articles; for this reason it has been argued that a D-head is unnecessary. Others have argued contrastively that a functional projection KP (Case) is necessary (often assuming DP). This paper differs from both camps in the sense that it considers syntactic features specific to D. I present three primary arguments in support of a D-head in West Greenlandic: (i) the D-head acts as the locus of agreement features in possessive DPs, (ii) the D-head is the locus of the syntactic/semantic feature of definiteness; and (iii) a DP-layer is needed to provide a landing site for movement in DP-internal word order variations. |
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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit |
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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit |
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Evidence for a DP-projection in West Greenlandic Inuit |
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