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Determiners in NP and DP

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Views on Phrase Structure

Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory ((SNLT,volume 25))

Abstract

Common nouns in English differ from proper names in that they typically occur with a preceding determiner:

  1. (1)
    1. a.

      John met the president of a mining company yesterday

    2. b.

      *The John met the president of a mining company yesterday

    3. c.

      *John met the president of mining company yesterday

    4. d.

      *John met president of a mining company yesterday

  2. (2)
    1. a.

      Bill’s brother worked on one aspect of this problem

    2. b.

      *Brother worked on one aspect of this problem

    3. c.

      *Bill’s brother worked on aspect of this problem

    4. d.

      *Bill’s brother worked on one aspect of problem

  3. (3)
    1. a.

      Which man did every senator introduce to Dick Nixon?

    2. b.

      *Which man did senator introduce to Dick Nixon?

    3. c.

      *Which man did every senator introduce to the Dick Nixon?

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  1. Dept. of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

    Katherine Leffel

  2. Dept. of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    Denis Bouchard

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Stowell, T. (1991). Determiners in NP and DP. In: Leffel, K., Bouchard, D. (eds) Views on Phrase Structure. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3196-4_3

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