Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP

Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP

This paper examines adjectival reduplication in Chinese which is contrasted with determiner doubling in Germanic. It shows that two superficially different phenomena in two genetically unrelated languages are sensitive to similar properties. Both environments support an analysis of adjectives in ter...

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Main Author: Artemis Alexiadou
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Porto 2010-01-01
Series:Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto
Subjects:
Reduplication
determiner doubling
boundedness
degree
scales
Online Access:http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/8970.pdf
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Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto
Reduplication
determiner doubling
boundedness
degree
scales
author_facet Artemis Alexiadou
author_sort Artemis Alexiadou
title Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
title_short Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
title_full Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
title_fullStr Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
title_full_unstemmed Reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the DP and the AP
title_sort reduplication and doubling contrasted: implications for the structure of the dp and the ap
publisher Universidade do Porto
series Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto
issn 1646-6195
publishDate 2010-01-01
description This paper examines adjectival reduplication in Chinese which is contrasted with determiner doubling in Germanic. It shows that two superficially different phenomena in two genetically unrelated languages are sensitive to similar properties. Both environments support an analysis of adjectives in terms of restrictive relative clauses and strengthen the case for decomposing the adjective
topic Reduplication
determiner doubling
boundedness
degree
scales
url http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/8970.pdf
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