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Noun Phrases and Nominalizations: The Syntax of DPs is a theoretical study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax that have not been approached with concurrent tools in recent years. The study examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and carefully draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and its syntactic counterpart. The empirical base of the study is broad and varied: it explores the rich nominal system of Modern Hebrew with constant comparisons to relevant structures of other Semitic and non-Semitic languages. The analyses put forward have recourse to a minimal syntactic apparatus, thus lending support to Chomsky's recent view of language design. This book targets researchers in theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax. Alongside theoretical and cross-linguistic findings, the book also offers an abundant source of insights into Hebrew nominal expressions. It can be used both as a foundational book on the syntax of nominal expressions or as a reference book for linguists and graduate students of Semitic and comparative syntax.

Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Syntagme nominal --- Nominaux --- Syntaxe --- Noun phrase --- Nominals --- Syntax --- 801.56 --- -Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Grammar, Comparative --- Nominals. --- Noun phrase. --- Syntax. --- -Syntaxis. Semantiek --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- -801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Comparative grammar --- Subject (Grammar) --- Nominals (Grammar) --- Noun-equivalents (Grammar) --- Substantives (Grammar) --- Complex nominals --- Subject --- Linguistics. --- Comparative linguistics. --- Theoretical Linguistics. --- Comparative Linguistics. --- Comparative philology --- Philology, Comparative --- Historical linguistics --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax