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).

The syntax of demonstratives. A parametric analysis.

GUARDIANO, Cristina
2009

Abstract

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).
2009
19th Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG 19)
Universidad del País Vasco
April 1-3, 2009
Guardiano, Cristina
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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