Chapter 4. The noun phrase

Chapter 4
The noun phrase

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4.1Introduction
4.2Structure of Umpila/Kuuku Ya’u NP
- 4.2.1Pronominal and lexical NPs
- 4.2.2The NP as a syntactic constituent
4.3Determiners
- 4.3.1Strings of multiple determiners
- 4.3.2Pronouns functioning as a determiner
- 4.3.3Nga’alu functioning as a determiner
- 4.3.4Quantifiers functioning as determiners
- 4.3.5Possessive pronouns functioning as determiners
- 4.3.6Determiner combinatorial tendencies
4.4Modifiers
4.5Headless NPs
4.6Conditioning of pre-/post-head determiners
- 4.6.1Basic determiner placement
- 4.6.2Possessive pronoun placement
4.7Special constructions
- 4.7.1Dyadic NP
- 4.7.2Kuunchi NP
4.8Conclusion