Eintrag

Titel

A Phi-Syntax for Nominal Concord: Morphological Definiteness as Gender-agreement in the German DP

Personen

Marco Benincasa

Jahr

2018

Typ

Monographie

Verlag

Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG

Ort

ISBN

978-3-8233-8133-4

Schlagwörter

Adjektiv
Morphologie
Nominalstruktur
Sprache und Geschlecht

Abstract

The book focusses on the grammatical feature definiteness in German, visible in the inflection of adjectives (“ein schön-es Kind” vs. “das schön-e Kind”). It argues for an analysis of this effect that draws a connection to the visible categories of number and gender on nouns and related words rather than an abstract property. This conclusion rests on the conflation of the established grammatical categories into a single one, number-gender, which explains a vast body of grammatical phenomena in German and principles of language in general.

https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/bdg/104571