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Definiteness in the Zarma determiner phrase
Legon Journal of the Humanities, 2019 Adjectives in definite Determiner Phrases of Zarma, a Nilo-Saharan language trigger an additional (suffixed/base-merged) lexical determiner; in the event of adjectives modifying nouns, definite determiners can occur with either the nouns or the ...
Waheed Ayisa Jayeola
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On the quantified determiner phrase and quantifier float in Modern Standard Arabic [PDF]
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023 This article provides a minimalist account to the morpho-syntax of the quantified D(eterminer) P(hrase) and quantifier float in Modern Standard Arabic. Having surveyed previous accounts, it proves that the prenominal structure is unmarked from which the ...
Khalid Lahbibi, Mohamed Yeou
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The Structure of the Determiner Phrase in Moroccan Arabic: A Minimalist Approach
International Journal of Linguistics Studies, 2023 This study analyzes the structure of the determiner phrase (DP) in Moroccan Arabic (MA) within the framework of the Minimalist Program (MP). The study focuses on the determiners, adjectives, and possessives within the DP.
Zrari Ayoub
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The Determiner Phrase Internal Structure in ngêmbà [PDF]
International Journal of Linguistics, 2015 This paper investigates the internal structure of the Determiner Phrase (DP) in ng«»mba, a Grassfields' Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, Central Africa. It is argued in this paper that ng«»mba exhibits a head first structure and the surface order of D-elements is the mirror image of their merged order. This linear order is derived via successive roll-
Achille Fossi
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The Ekegusii Determiner Phrase Analysis in the Minimalist Program [PDF]
International Journal of Linguistics and Communication, 2014 Among some of the recent syntactic developments, the noun phrase has been reanalyzed as a determiner phrase (DP). This study analyses the Ekegusii determiner phrase (DP) with an inquiry into the relationship between agreement of the INFL (sentence) and concord in the noun phrase (determiner phrase).
Nobert Ombati Basweti +3 more
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The acquisition of the determiner phrase in bilingual and second language French [PDF]
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2000 This study deals with the acquisition of Functional Categories in the French Determiner Phrase. The development of determiners and prenominal adjectives in three bilingual Swedish–French children is compared with that of four Swedish second language learners of French. It is argued that acquisition is crucially different in these two cases.
Jonas Granfeldt
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Adjective Placement in English/Spanish Mixed Determiner Phrases: Insights from Acceptability Judgments [PDF]
Languages, 2022 The present study examines the relative order of noun-adjective sequences within code-switched Determiner Phrases. Several hypotheses have been considered: (i) Order is a property defined by the noun; (ii) it is a property defined by the adjective; (iii)
Irati De Nicolás, Luis López
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Kandai, 2021 ”Macbeth” is one of Shakespeare’s works that has deeper conceptual references to expression. Those expression were well delivered in the determiner phrases. The translation techniques use gave impact to the grammatical shift of the phrases.
Firda Zuldi Imamah, Agus Subiyanto
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Order of Modifiers in Kîîtharaka Determiner Phrase
International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, 2019 Kȋȋtharaka is a Bantu language basically spoken by the Atharaka people in Tharaka South and North Sub-counties in Tharaka Nithi County of Kenya. It is also spoken by a section of people who live across Tana river in Kitui and part of Mwingi county.
Patrick Kanampiu +2 more
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Determiner Phrase in Sasaknese
Linguistics and Elt JournalThis qualitative generative syntactic study aims to discuss the forms of nominal structures and their basic patterns of a Sasak story written in 1992 published in the book “Dewi Rengganis” by applying the X-bar theory to discuss the constituent structure
Josiah Carberry
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