The Syntax of Genitives in the Maori DP

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ID20469767
AuthorsElizabeth Pearce (0000-0002-8010-228X, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume43
Issue3-4
Pages411-434
Publication date1998-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/s0008413100024543
OpenAlexW2467929385
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This article proposes an account of genitive case marking in the Maori DP which shows how the licensing requirements for genitive depend both on thematic role distinctions and on the presence of a functional projection situated immediately below D. An investigation of ordering alternations including genitives, demonstratives, adjectives, and the lexical head indicates that the FP below D is also the location of an identifying or specifying function within the DP. The label “IdentP” is proposed as a cover term for this FP projection. It is also proposed that DPs containing nominalized verbs include a head, Nmz, that has the capacity to license additional instantiations of genitive case marking

Algorithm · Genitive case · Head (geology) · Linguistics · Noun · Predicative expression · Projection (relational algebra) · Syntax · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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