On the structure of the Scandinavian DP

dc.contributor.authorLohrmann, Susannede
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-06de
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-31T10:10:13Z
dc.date.available2008-06-06de
dc.date.available2016-03-31T10:10:13Z
dc.date.issued2008de
dc.date.updated2015-12-12de
dc.description.abstractAdjectives in definite Scandinavian DPs trigger an additional lexical determiner (‘double definiteness’). In a number of cases, one of the determiners is obsolete, and in some of these cases, different readings are obtained. The following questions arise: what is the function of this doubling pattern of determiners? Is there a semantic correlate? And what does this tell us about the structure of the DP? The presence or absence of weak adjectival inflection can also yield different readings, i.e. inflection interacts with interpretation. In the following I will show that multiple exponence in Scandinavian DPs contributes to interpretation. Furthermore I suggest that the notion of definiteness in Scandinavian DPs is made up of three aspects: discourse reference, specific reference, and identity. These aspects are expressed by three distinct morphemes: the preadjectival article, the suffixed article, and the adjectival inflection respectively.en
dc.identifier.other312755708de
dc.identifier.urihttp://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-35504de
dc.identifier.urihttp://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/5718
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-5701
dc.language.isoende
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde
dc.subject.classificationLinguistikde
dc.subject.ddc400de
dc.titleOn the structure of the Scandinavian DPen
dc.typebookPartde
ubs.fakultaetSonderforschungs- und Transferbereichede
ubs.institutSonderforschungsbereich 732, Incremental specification in contextde
ubs.opusid3550de
ubs.publikation.sourceSinSpeC 1 (2008), S. 85-102de
ubs.publikation.typBuchbeitragde

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