Index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. The noun phrase in Germanic and Romance 1
5. Part I. Variation
6. Scaling the variation in Romance and Germanic nominalizations 25
7. What all happens when a universal quantifier combines with an interrogative DP 41
8. Micro-diversity in Dutch interrogative DPs 57
9. Noun phrase structure and movement 89
10. A unified structure for Scandinavian DPs 111
11. A semantic approach to noun phrase structure and the definite – indefinite distinction in Germanic and Romance 127
12. Definite determiners in two English-based creoles 141
13. Part II. Change
14. Form-function mismatches in (formally) definite English noun phrases 159
15. The emergence of the definite article in English 175
16. On the syntax of Romanian definite phrases 193
17. Coexisting structures and competing functions in genitive word order 223
18. Anaphoric adjectives becoming determiners 241
19. From N to D 257
20. Index 281