Alignment optimality and English possessives: Knowing where to stop
The present paper argues that an Optimality Theoretic framework may better handle the order of appearance of elements inside what is traditionally termed a possessive NP in English than approaches embedded in X-bar Theory. The syntax and semantics of examples of the type book of Frank, Frank’s book,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BWPL_2017_1_HORDOS.pdf |