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Noun phrase constituency in Australian languages: A typological study
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Louagie, Dana Verstraete, Jean-Christophe |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | This article examines whether Australian languages generally lack clear noun phrase structures, as has sometimes been argued in the literature. We break up the notion of NP constituency into a set of concrete typological parameters, and analyse these across a sample of 100 languages, representing a significant portion of diversity on the Australian continent. We show that there is little evidence to support general ideas about the absence of NP structures, and we argue that it makes more sense to typologize languages on the basis of where and how they allow “classic” NP construal, and how this fits into the broader range of construals in the nominal domain. |
| Related Links | http://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/lity.2016.20.issue-1/lingty-2016-0002/lingty-2016-0002.xml |
| Ending Page | 80 |
| Page Count | 56 |
| Starting Page | 25 |
| ISSN | 14300532 |
| e-ISSN | 1613415X |
| DOI | 10.1515/lingty-2016-0002 |
| Journal | Linguistic Typology |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Publisher Date | 2016-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Linguistic Typology Language Studies Australian Languages Constituency Discontinuous Constituents Non-configurationality Noun Phrase Phrase-marking Phrasehood Syntax Word-marking Word Order Journal: Linguistic Typology, Vol- 20 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Linguistics and Language |
