This contribution will propose an interpretation of the crosslinguistic syntactic behavior of demonstrative elements within the nominal domain (DP), in a parametric perspective. On the basis of empirical evidence coming from a sample of Indo-European and non Indo-European languages (Longobardi and Guardiano 2008), I will show that the different configurations attested are predictable on the basis of the settings of four syntactic parameters (and their interaction with other properties), which determine: the positions of the demonstrative in the DP, its interpretation according to such positions, its co-occurrence with the (definite) article. The universal DP-structure that I assume has been sketched and defined within the general framework of the ‘DP hypothesis’ (see for instance Bernstein 2001, Longobardi 2001, Longobardi and Guardiano 2008).

The syntax of demonstratives. A parametric analysis / Guardiano, Cristina. - ELETTRONICO. - NON DISPONIBILE(2009), pp. NON DISPONIBILE-NON DISPONIBILE. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 19th Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG 19) tenutosi a Universidad del País Vasco nel April 1-3, 2009.

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