| Author(s) |
Baker, Brett
Nordlinger, R
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| Publication Date |
2008
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| Abstract |
In Gunwinyguan languages (Northern Australia), nouns may incorporate not only into verbs, but also adjectives. These N-Adj compound structures have interpretations identical to those of noun phrases modified by an adjective in English. A consideration of the evidence nevertheless argues that the morphological head of the N-Adj construction is the adjective. We show that this paradox can be resolved using inside-out function application to allow the compound to be headed by the adjective at c-structure, but by the noun at f-structure. We show further that the same analysis extends to cases of nominal 'classification' where the incorporated nominal is construed as a generic classifier together with an independent specific noun in apposition.
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| Citation |
Proceedings of the LFG08, p. 109-128
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| ISSN |
1098-6782
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| Publisher |
Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications (CSLI)
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| Title |
Noun-adjective compounds in Gunwinyguan languages
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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