Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction: The syntax and semantics of noun phrases 1
4. Introduction: Case studies 35
5. 1. Determiner Phrases in Old and Modern French 47
6. 2. On pro-nouns and other “pronouns” 71
7. 3. Modification in the Balkan nominal expression 91
8. 4. Subnominal empty categories as subordinate topics 119
9. 5. ‘Transparent’ free relatives as a special instance of ‘standard’ free relatives 139
10. 6. Resolving number ambiguities in Sakha 179
11. 7. Weak indefinites 195
12. 8. Predicate–argument mismatches and the Adjectival Theory of indefinites 211
13. 9. Determinerless nouns 239
14. 10. A Russellian interpretation of measure nouns 255
15. 11. Generalizing over quantitative and qualitative constructions 277
16. 12. On three types of movement within the Dutch nominal domain 297
17. 13. Semi-lexical nouns, classifiers, and the interpretation(s) of the pseudopartitive construction 329
18. Index of languages 355
19. Index of subjects 356