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In:Noun Phrases in Article-less Languages: Uzbek and beyond
Lola Türker
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 253] 2019
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Published online: 10 January 2019

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Table of contents

List of tables vii

List of abbreviations ix

Preface xi

Chapter 1.Introduction 1

1.1Outline of the book 2

1.2Overview of the Uzbek syntax 4

1.2.1Head position 5

1.2.2Pro-drop 5

1.2.3Free word order 6

1.2.4Interrogative sentence formation 7

1.2.5Negation 8

1.3The Uzbek noun phrase 9

1.3.1Nominal inflections 9

1.3.1.1Plural suffix -lar 12

1.3.1.2Possessive suffix 14

1.3.1.3Case 16

1.3.2The genitive-possessive constructions 23

1.3.3Components in the Uzbek noun phrase 24

1.3.3.1The head element 25

1.3.3.2Demonstratives 27

1.3.3.3Pronouns 28

1.3.3.4Universal quantifiers 31

1.3.3.5Modifiers in the nominal phrase 32

Chapter 2.Perspectives on the DP-Hypothesis 39

2.1Introduction 39

2.2The DP Hypothesis 39

2.3Nominal Mapping Parameter and Uzbek 40

2.4Parameterized DP-Hypothesis (Bošković, 2008, 2010) 51

2.5DP-approaches to article-less languages (Slavic and Turkic) 65

2.6Summary of the chapter 70

Chapter 3.Determiners within the DP: Interpretation and architecture 73

3.1The article and the notion of “definiteness” 74

3.2Case, D and referential properties of nominals 77

3.2.1The interaction of case and referentiality 77

3.2.2Case and indefinites 86

3.2.3Universal quantifiers and case 91

3.3Demonstratives and the notions of definiteness, reference and deixis 93

3.3.1Position of Uzbek demonstratives within the DP 101

3.4Summary of the chapter 105

Chapter 4.Functional projections within the nominal domain 109

4.1Small Nominals (Pereltsvaig, 2006) 111

4.1.1Small Nominals in subject position 113

4.1.2Small Nominals in object position 117

4.1.3Small Nominals in other languages 119

4.2Functional architecture of the nominal domain in Uzbek 123

4.2.1Internal ordering of nominal suffixes as a reflection of functional architecture 124

4.2.2Bare nouns in complex predicate constructions 125

4.2.3Bare nouns in complex predicate constructions are Small Nominals 130

4.2.4Small Nominals and DPs as complements of attributivizers 131

4.3Arguments for fully projected KP in Uzbek 136

4.3.1Possessors with and without genitive 144

4.3.1.1Possessors without genitive – Izofa-2 146

4.3.1.2Genitive marked possessors – Izofa-3 149

4.3.2Differential Object Marking and referential properties of Uzbek nominal expressions 156

4.3.2.1(In)definites and case 157

4.3.2.2Differential Object Marking in Uzbek 159

4.4Summary 165

Chapter 5.Conclusion 167

References 0

Name index 179

Subject index 181