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Author Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen

Title A Reference Grammar of Romanian : Volume 1: The noun phrase
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (928 pages)
Series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Contents A Reference Grammar of Romanian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Abbreviations used in glosses; Glossing principles; Preface; Introduction; 1. Nominal features; 1.1 General observations and terminology; 1.2 Gender; 1.3 Number: Count and mass nouns; 1.4 Case; 2. Pronouns and the person feature; 3. Determiners and other nominal functional categories; 4. Adnominal constituents; 4.1 Complements and modifiers; 4.2 Adnominal modifiers vs. DP-adjuncts. Appositions; 4.3 Focal particles; 5. Distribution and syntactic functions of nominal projections
5.1 Functions and distribution of DPs5.2 Functions and distribution of NPs; 6. The semantics of determiners and determiner phrases; 6.1 Types of DPs; 6.2 Theoretical perspectives; 6.2.1 Predicate calculus without and with restricted variables; 6.2.2 The relational analysis of determ iners; 6.2.3 Montagovian approaches; 6.2.4 Dynamic approaches; The semantics of determiners; 1. Introduction; 2. Definite determiners; 2.1 Definite vs. indefinite DPs; 2.2 The definite determiner -ul; 2.3 Demonstrative determiners; 2.4 Conclusion; 3. Indefinite determiners; 3.1 Unmarked indefinite determiners
3.1.1 Scopal freedom3.1.2 Specific and non-specific indefinites DPs and ways of marking them; 3.1.3 Generic indefinites; 3.2 Marked indefinite determiners; 3.2.1 Partitive DPs and partitive determiners; 3.2.2 Dependent indefinites: The co-varying determiner câte un; 3.2.3 The negative indefinite determiner niciun; 3.2.4 Free choice: Vreun and ori- determiners; 3.2.5 Identifiable indefinites: Un anume; 3.3 Conclusion; 4. Conclusion; Pronouns; 1. Personal and reflexive pronouns; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Grammatical features and paradigm; 1.2.1 The feature composition of personal pronouns
1.2.2 The forms1.3 Syntactic differences between strong and clitic forms; 1.4 Strong Pronouns; 1.5 The grammatical functions of clitic pronouns; 1.5.1 Common grammatical functions of clitic and strong pronouns; 1.5.2 Grammatical functions restricted to clitics; 1.5.3 The clitic doubling of strong pronouns; 1.5.4 Pronominal clitics vs. inflection; 1.5.5 Overt and null subject pronouns; 1.6 The structure of clitic clusters; 1.6.1 Linear orders inside the verbal cluster; 1.6.2 Constraints on the verbal host; 1.6.3 Pronominal clitic clusters
1.6.3.1. The order of co-occurring dative and accusative clitics1.6.3.2 Ethical datives co-occurring with other pronominal clitics; 1.6.3.3 Person constraints; 1.7 Clitic allomorphs; 1.7.1 The forms; 1.7.2 The selection of allomorphs; 1.7.3 The clitic o; 1.7.4 Verb allomorphs; 1.8 The semantics of personal and reflexive pronouns; 1.8.1 Co-reference; 1.8.2 The bound variable interpretation; 1.8.3 The interpretation of gender; 1.8.4 Pronouns of laziness; 1.8.5 Genderless pronouns; 1.8.6 Special (pragmatic) interpretations of some pronominal forms; 1.8.6.1 Generic uses; 1.8.6.2 Person deviations
Summary Based on recent research in formal linguistics, this volume provides a thorough description of the whole system of Romanian Noun Phrases, understood in an extended sense, that is, in addition to nouns, pronouns and determiners, it examines all the adnominal phrases: genitive-marked DPs, adjectives, relative clauses, appositions, prepositional phrases, complement clauses and non-finite modifiers. The book focuses on syntax and the syntax-semantics interface but also includes a systematic morphological description of the language. The implicitly comparative description of Romanian contained in t
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Romanian language -- Noun
Romanian language -- Phraseology
Romanian language -- Grammar
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Romanian language -- Grammar
Romanian language -- Noun
Form Electronic book
Author Giurgea, Ion
ISBN 9789027271358
9027271356