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Measure phrases within the nominal domain in Spanish
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Abstract
This paper studies nominal expressions including a measure phrase (MP) in Spanish. Corver’s (2009) Predicate Inversion analysis of similar patterns in other languages is critically reviewed, and an alternative proposal is presented within Den Dikken’s (2006) theory of predication, whereby the Spanish [MP + de + N] construction (tres metros de altura “lit. three meters of height”) has a “reverse” predication structure, whereas the [D + N + de + MP] pattern (una altura de tres metros “lit. a height of three meters”) is a case of “straight” predication.
Abstract
This paper studies nominal expressions including a measure phrase (MP) in Spanish. Corver’s (2009) Predicate Inversion analysis of similar patterns in other languages is critically reviewed, and an alternative proposal is presented within Den Dikken’s (2006) theory of predication, whereby the Spanish [MP + de + N] construction (tres metros de altura “lit. three meters of height”) has a “reverse” predication structure, whereas the [D + N + de + MP] pattern (una altura de tres metros “lit. a height of three meters”) is a case of “straight” predication.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
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Experimental approaches
- The acquisition of clitics in L2 Spanish 3
- Acquiring VP-ellipsis in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Code switching in the determiner phrase 29
- How many “grammars” per “language”? 43
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Phonology
- Nasal vowels are not [+NASAL] oral vowels 63
- Labialization and palatalization in Judeo-Spanish phonology 77
- Revisiting /ʁ/-assimilation through schwa 99
- Harmonic serialism and syncope and stress shift in Latin 119
- The adaptation of /h/ in Old French loanwords 133
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Diachronic syntax
- On the Old French subjunctive 147
- On the emergence of two classes of clitic clusters in Italo-Romance 171
- The structure of complementizerless clauses in Classical Portuguese 185
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Syntax
- Bare PPs and the syntax-semantics interface 201
- On the structure of bare nominals in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Gender features on n & the root 229
- Adjectivization of participles in Romance 245
- On the edge 261
- A case of multiple agree 275
- Measure phrases within the nominal domain in Spanish 289
- Index of subjects and terms 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
-
Experimental approaches
- The acquisition of clitics in L2 Spanish 3
- Acquiring VP-ellipsis in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Code switching in the determiner phrase 29
- How many “grammars” per “language”? 43
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Phonology
- Nasal vowels are not [+NASAL] oral vowels 63
- Labialization and palatalization in Judeo-Spanish phonology 77
- Revisiting /ʁ/-assimilation through schwa 99
- Harmonic serialism and syncope and stress shift in Latin 119
- The adaptation of /h/ in Old French loanwords 133
-
Diachronic syntax
- On the Old French subjunctive 147
- On the emergence of two classes of clitic clusters in Italo-Romance 171
- The structure of complementizerless clauses in Classical Portuguese 185
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Syntax
- Bare PPs and the syntax-semantics interface 201
- On the structure of bare nominals in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Gender features on n & the root 229
- Adjectivization of participles in Romance 245
- On the edge 261
- A case of multiple agree 275
- Measure phrases within the nominal domain in Spanish 289
- Index of subjects and terms 303
