Abstract
Based on cross-linguistic differences in the interpretation of genitive constructions, this chapter argues that there are two strategies for interpreting complex nominals: one that relies on sharing a monovalent morphosyntactic definiteness feature, and one that does not; the former is restricted to languages like Hebrew that have a definiteness feature.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Features |
| Subtitle of host publication | Perspectives on a Key Notion in Linguistics |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191722844 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199577743 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2010 |
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Publisher Copyright:© Oxford University Press, 2013.
Keywords
- Construct state
- Definite
- Definiteness
- Feature
- Feature sharing
- Feature spreading
- Genitive
- Hebrew
- Indefinite
- Noun phrase
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