An HPSG Marking Analysis of Danish Determiners and Clausal Adverbials

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  • Costanza Navarretta
  • Anne Neville
چکیده

D e te rm in e rs a n d a d v e rb ia ls in m an y la n g u a g e s o c c u r in a fixed o rd e r w h ich is n o t a n issue t h a t h a s rece iv ed a g re a t d e a l o f a t te n t io n in H P S G 94[9 ]. T o d ea l w ith th e o rd e r o f I ta l ia n d e te r ­ m in e rs A lle g ra n z a ([2] a n d [3]) p ro p o ses a rev is io n o f H P S G 9 4 . W e have a d o p te d A lle g ra n z a ’s a p p ro a c h to a c c o u n t fo r th e o rd e r o f D a n ish d e te rm in e rs a n d we h av e e x te n d e d i t to d e sc rib e th e o rd e r o f c o o c c u rrin g c lau sa l a d v e rb ia ls . O u r e x te n s io n p ro v id es ev id en ce t h a t A lle g ra n z a ’s rev is io n o f H P S G c a n b e u sed n o t o n ly to a c c o u n t fo r d e te rm in e rs in o th e r la n g u ag es th a n I ta l ia n , b u t a lso o th e r p h e n o m e n a t h a t e x h ib it a s im ila r c o m b in a to r ia l b e h a v io u r .

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تاریخ انتشار 1998