Linguistics, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2003.
Original scientific paper
NP-MOVEMENT AND THE POSSESSIVE GENITIVE
Branko Kuna
orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-3749
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Osijek
Abstract
The paper discusses the place of the genitive in the derivation of complex NPs, particularly
in relation to other, competing syntactic means. The study that relies on some modular
components of the theory or principles and parametres (X' theory, case theory, and the theory
of thematic roles) focuses on the NP-movement of the possessive genitive out of the basegenerated
position into the specifier position or into the projection occupied by the
possessive suffix. The author argues that in order to explan the phenomenon a new level
should be recognized between DP and NP—the functional category Poss. NP-movement is
explained as the tendency of nouns to be as determined and actualised as possible. The
influence of the morphosyntactic property of determination of possessive forms on other
congruent attributes is examined.
Keywords
complement; specifier; NP-movement; DP-hypothesis; thematic genitive; possessive genitive; possessive adjective; thematic roles
Hrčak ID:
31326
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2003.
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