Vague Determiner Phrases and Distributive Predication

2012 ◽  
pp. 175-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases

Gender assignment strategies and L1 effects in the elicited production of mixed Spanish-Basque DPs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Munarriz-Ibarrola ◽  
Maria-José Ezeizabarrena ◽  
Varun DC Arrazola ◽  
M. Carmen Parafita Couto
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Gender Assignment ◽  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
Languages In Contact ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract This paper investigates the strategies involved in gender assignment in Spanish-Basque mixed Determiner Phrases (DPs) with a gendered Spanish determiner (el M /la F) and a Basque ungendered noun. Previous studies on Spanish-Basque mixed DPs have revealed conflicting results regarding the determining factor affecting gender assignment, namely, phonological ending vs. analogical gender. We designed a forced-switch elicitation task in order to elicit mixed DPs with a Spanish determiner and a Basque noun (controlled for both phonological vs. analogical cues). Thirty highly proficient Spanish-Basque bilinguals with different profiles and socio­linguistic backgrounds participated in the study. Three cues were significant in the selection of the Spanish M/F determiner: the analogical gender and two phonological cues, the word ending and the root ending of the Basque noun. Further statistical analyses revealed participants’ L1 as a strong factor in the variability attested: bilinguals with Spanish as (one of) their L1(s) rely predominantly on the analogical criterion, whereas speakers with only Basque as L1 follow mainly the phonological criterion. Overall, this study provides an explanation for the previous conflicting results and highlights the fact that bilinguals may use different strategies depending on their bilingual profile and the morpho-phonological properties of the languages in contact.

Focusing the “right” way in Romance determiner phrases

Probus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy B Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals Children’s Use of Vernacular Functions of 'like' in Peer Conversation

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Christopher Odato
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
Early Acquisition ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Discourse Particle ◽  
Peer Conversation

Much recent research describes the ongoing development of 'like' as a discourse particle and in the 'BE+like' quotative construction. Comparatively little is known about how speakers acquire this variable. This study examines children’s (ages 3-6 and 10) use of like to better understand how it is incorporated into maturing grammars. There is evidence for early acquisition of discourse 'like', most frequently as a discourse particle adjoined to determiner phrases. Also, children’s discourse 'like' tokens occurred more frequently with the verb BE, and quotative tokens more frequently without BE, than adults’, suggesting a weaker distinction between the discourse and quotative functions.

Determiner Phrases

2007 ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
JAN TERJE FAARLUND
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases

scholarly journals Left cytoarchitectonic BA 44 processes syntactic gender violations in determiner phrases

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1532-1541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Heim ◽  
Muna van Ermingen ◽  
Walter Huber ◽  
Katrin Amunts
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases
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