On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals
This paper focuses on the sequence of the following types of constituents within complex nominals in Croatian: adjectival premodifiers, determiners and quantifiers. Using the methodology of Cognitive Grammar (Langacker 1987, 1991, Taylor 2002, Radden and Dirven 2007), we first turn to the analysis o...
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| description | This paper focuses on the sequence of the following types of constituents within complex nominals in Croatian: adjectival premodifiers, determiners and quantifiers. Using the methodology of Cognitive Grammar (Langacker 1987, 1991, Taylor 2002, Radden and Dirven 2007), we first turn to the analysis of a few representative examples to account for those aspects of meaning that trigger a neutral sequence of these constituents in complex nominals. Then we test the degree to which the grammaticality of specific complex nominal constructions is affected by shifts to non-neutral constituent orders. A semantic/pragmatic factor that is proposed to influence the grammaticality of such constructions in non-neutral constituent sequences is <i>reference</i>, i.e. grounding. Grounding refers to the mental contact established between the speech act participants and the nominal referent. With that in mind, special attention will be paid to the semantic differences between, on the one hand, referential elements, viz. determiners, relative quantifiers and indefinite absolute quantifiers, and on the other, non-referential elements, viz. adjectival premodifiers and definite absolute quantifiers (numerals). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-339ed7ee7ab548dcacc63bbaa12112a92022-12-22T02:47:23ZhrvInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje1331-67451849-03792013-01-01392311344On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian NominalsBranko KunaBranimir BelajThis paper focuses on the sequence of the following types of constituents within complex nominals in Croatian: adjectival premodifiers, determiners and quantifiers. Using the methodology of Cognitive Grammar (Langacker 1987, 1991, Taylor 2002, Radden and Dirven 2007), we first turn to the analysis of a few representative examples to account for those aspects of meaning that trigger a neutral sequence of these constituents in complex nominals. Then we test the degree to which the grammaticality of specific complex nominal constructions is affected by shifts to non-neutral constituent orders. A semantic/pragmatic factor that is proposed to influence the grammaticality of such constructions in non-neutral constituent sequences is <i>reference</i>, i.e. grounding. Grounding refers to the mental contact established between the speech act participants and the nominal referent. With that in mind, special attention will be paid to the semantic differences between, on the one hand, referential elements, viz. determiners, relative quantifiers and indefinite absolute quantifiers, and on the other, non-referential elements, viz. adjectival premodifiers and definite absolute quantifiers (numerals).http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/173969modifiersdeterminersabsolute and relative quantifiersgrounding |
| spellingShingle | Branko Kuna Branimir Belaj On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje modifiers determiners absolute and relative quantifiers grounding |
| title | On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals |
| title_full | On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals |
| title_fullStr | On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals |
| title_short | On the Cognitive Foundations of Modifier, Determiner, and Quantifier Position within Croatian Nominals |
| title_sort | on the cognitive foundations of modifier determiner and quantifier position within croatian nominals |
| topic | modifiers determiners absolute and relative quantifiers grounding |
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