Noun Phrase Structure and Movement: A Crosslinguistic comparison of such/sådan/solch and so/så/so

Johanna Wood; Sten Vikner

Noun Phrase Structure and Movement: A Crosslinguistic comparison of such/sådan/solch and so/så/so

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We investigate the etymologically related words so and such (English); så and sådan (Danish); and so and solch (German). Similarities and differences that have to be accounted for cross-linguistically are i. position (pre- or post- indefinite article), ii. agreement morphology (in Danish and German), and iii. semantics (whether an AdjP or a DP/NP is modified). English and Danish so/så may only modify an AdjP, while German so may also modify the DP/NP. English such may only modify the DP/NP (Bolinger 1972, Wood 2002) and may only precede the indefinite article. Danish and German allow inflected sådan/solch to follow the article. We discuss two possible syntactic derivations, predicate raising (e.g. Corver 1998, Bennis, Corver & den Dikken 1998) and XP movement from an attributive adjective position within the nominal (e.g. Matushansky 2002). The analysis links up with the morphological agreement facts of predicate and of attributive adjectives in Danish and German (Vikner 2001).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic : Structure, variation, and change
Editors	Harry Perridon, Petra Sleeman
Number of pages	21
Place of publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date	2011
Pages	89-110
ISBN (Print)	978 90 272 5554 9
ISBN (Electronic)	978 90 272 8729 8
Publication status	Published - 2011

Series	Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Number	171
ISSN	0166-0829

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Similarities and Differences between Clauses and Nominals - Comparative Syntax across Theoretical Approaches
Vikner, S. (Project manager), Engels, E. (Participant), Krogh, S. (Participant), Nølke, H. (Participant), Tafteberg, K. P. (Participant) & Wood, J. (Participant)
01/02/2008 → 31/12/2012
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Wood, J & Vikner, S 2011, Noun Phrase Structure and Movement: A Crosslinguistic comparison of such/sådan/solch and so/så/so. in H Perridon & P Sleeman (eds), The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic: Structure, variation, and change. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today , no. 171, pp. 89-110. <http://www.hum.au.dk/engelsk/engsv/papers/wood11a.pdf>

Noun Phrase Structure and Movement: A Crosslinguistic comparison of such/sådan/solch and so/så/so. / Wood, Johanna ; Vikner, Sten.
The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic: Structure, variation, and change. ed. / Harry Perridon; Petra Sleeman. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011. p. 89-110 (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today ; No. 171).

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