Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2320
Title: Noun-adjective compounds in Gunwinyguan languages
Contributor(s): Baker, Brett  (author); Nordlinger, R (author)
Publication Date: 2008
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2320
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.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: LFG 2008: Thirteenth International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference, Sydney, Australia, 4th - 6th July, 2008
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the LFG08, p. 109-128
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications (CSLI)
Place of Publication: Stanford, United States of America
ISSN: 1098-6782
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an13902621
http://csli-publications.stanford.edu/LFG/13/lfg08.html
http://csli-publications.stanford.edu/LFG/13/lfg08.pdf
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