The Determiner in the Igbo Nominal Phrase

AbstractTitles play an important role in genre analysis. Cross-genre studies show that research paper and thesis titles have distinctive features. However, thesis and dissertation titles in the field of dentistry have thus far received little attention. Objective: To analyze the syntactic structures and their functions in English-language thesis and dissertation titles in dentistry. Methodology: We randomly chose 413 titles of English-language dentistry theses or dissertations presented at universities in 12 countries between January 2000 and June 2019. The resulting corpus of 5,540 running words was then analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively, the two complementary focuses being grammatical structures and their functions. Results: The average title length was 13.4 words. Over half of the titles did not include any punctuation marks. For compound titles, we found that colons, dashes, commas, and question marks were used to separate the different components, colons being the most frequent. Four syntactic structures (nominal phrase, gerund phrase, full-sentence, and prepositional phrase) were identified for single-unit titles. Single-unit nominal phrase titles constituted the most frequent structure in the corpus, followed by compound titles. Four particular rhetorical combinations of compound title components were found to be present throughout the corpus. Conclusions: Titles of dentistry theses and dissertation in English echo the content of the text body and make an important contribution to fulfilling the text’s communicative purposes. Thus, teaching research students about the linguistic features of thesis titles would be beneficial to help them write effective titles and also facilitate assessment by teachers.

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Group genitive in Swedish – s-genitive as a phrase marker

European Journal of Scandinavian Studies ◽

10.1515/ejss-2018-0018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 231-252

Author(s):

Alicja Piotrowska

Keyword(s):

Relative Clause ◽

Native Speakers ◽

Prepositional Phrase ◽

Nominal Phrase ◽

Colloquial Language ◽

The Status

Abstract In this paper I discuss the constructions with the group genitive and their use in today’s Swedish. The development of the s-genitive from a diachronic perspective, its degrammaticalization and the status of the s-genitive are discussed. The aim of the paper is to examine and analyse the use of the group genitive in the Swedish nominal phrases in three contexts, i. e. coordinated nominal phrases, nominal phrase with a prepositional phrase and nominal phrase with a relative clause. The group genitive’s domain is above all spoken, colloquial language. The analysed material consists of authentic examples of everyday use of language from the Swedish corpus Språkbanken and a questionnaire conducted among native speakers. The study shows that the group genitive is very productive with various types of nominal phrases in Swedish, even though it is still limited to colloquial and non-formal use of language.

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The Syntactic Role of Arabic Language on Accusative Adjunct in The Book Nashā'iḥul-‘Ibād: An Overview to The Grammar Role and Reference

Jurnal CMES ◽

10.20961/cmes.15.1.49604 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 47

Author(s):

Khabib Akbar Maulana ◽

Moh Masrukhi

Keyword(s):

Research Method ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Role And Reference Grammar ◽

Nominal Phrase ◽

Reference Grammar ◽

Adverbial Phrase ◽

Descriptive Qualitative

<p>This research explains the categories and syntactic roles of Arabic in the book <em>Nashâ? Iħul-ʕIbâd</em> by Syekh Nawawi Al-Bantani based on the theory of roles and references grammar. This research is a descriptive qualitative with a purposive sampling method of presenting data that is separated from 112 data. The research method used in this study is the Agih method with basic techniques for direct elements using advanced techniques in the form of markup reading techniques on lingual element in Arabic grammar. The theory for determining the accusative adjunct markers of Arabic used is Valin's (1993) role and reference grammar theory using Kroeger's (2005) definition to look for core and peripheral elements in sentences. This research has found that the word categories of accusative adjunct can be the noun 'ism', the determiner 'muhaddad', the adjective 'naʕt', the adverb 'dharf', and the negation 'nafi', while the phrase category is the nominal phrase 'al-ʕibarah. al-ismiyyah ', the adverbial phrase 'al-ʕibarah adh-dharfiyyah ', and the adjective phrase' al-ʕibarah an-naʕʈiyyah '. In terms of the role of grammar syntax role and reference, adjunct can have any function as a clause modifier with evidential functions, as a core modifier with a function of manner, place, location, cause, and quantity, and also as a nucleus modifier with a affirmating function.</p>

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Towards the measurement of nominal phrase grammaticality: contrasting definite-possessive phrases with definite phrases of 13th to 19th century Spanish

Exact Methods in the Study of Language and Text ◽

10.1515/9783110894219.427 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 427-438

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

Nominal Phrase

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The nominal phrase

The Syntax of Old Romanian ◽

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198712350.003.0004 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 288-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Camelia Stan ◽

Gabriela Pană Dindelegan ◽

Alexandru Nicolae ◽

Raluca Brăescu ◽

Andra Vasilescu

Keyword(s):

Nominal Phrase

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PARTICULES DE NEGATION DANS LES INSCRIPTIONS SUR BRONZE DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU

Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale ◽

10.1163/19606028-90000453 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 5-76

Author(s):

Redouane Djamouri

Keyword(s):

Syntactic Analysis ◽

Epistemic Modal ◽

Nominal Phrase ◽

Early Archaic ◽

Dependent Position ◽

Archaic Chinese ◽

Transitive Verbs ◽

The Subject ◽

Negative Marker ◽

Negative Counterpart

This article is devoted to a semantico-syntactic analysis of the use of seven markers of negation in Early Archaic Chinese, especially in the Zhou bronze inscriptions. The negative BU 不 which is used with intransitive verbal predicates or with adjectives, establishes a descriptive relationship between the subject and the predicate in its clause; it only shows a simple descriptive intention and takes an integral part in the presupposition. The negative marker FU 弗 is fully adverbial and is used, essentially, with transitive verbs. The marker FEI 非, establishes an attributive, descriptive relationship between the two terms of the predication inside the clause just as does BU; but it introduces a polemic value in expressing the falsity of a presupposition. The marker WU2 毋, in contrast with WU1 勿, does not come under the category of a deontic modality. The obligation which it shows does not come from the speaker (or from any other source) but is internal to the subject-predicate relationship. The negation in this case is to be taken as a statement of fact and not as an injunction. However, according to the observations here, WU2 毋 refers to the epistemic modal category. That why it can express the double value of both "certainty" and “necessity” according to the context. The negative WANG 勿 (the negative counterpart of YOU 有 "existence" or "possession") is used to express the possession of dependence. In addition, because of its existential value, it allows for presenting certain terms in both a restrictive and an extensive sense. Finally WU3 無 is most often attached to a substantive and forms thus a marginal expansion (in a syntactically dependent position) serving to characterize a nominal phrase, a verbal phrase, or an entire clause.

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Un huevo: subjetivación, cuantificación y negación

Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie (ZrP) ◽

10.1515/zrp-2019-0041 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 135 (3) ◽

pp. 694-740

Author(s):

José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Assessment ◽

Negative Polarity ◽

Functional Characteristics ◽

Nominal Phrase

Abstract This paper deals with two types of quantitative constructions in which un huevo occurs: (a) In certain contexts, it functions as a quantifier noun ―that is, an inherently relational noun quantifying a nominal phrase in pseudo-partitive constructions: el libro tiene un huevo de páginas [‘the book has a hell of a lot of pages’]. The value of un huevo as a quantifier is evaluative, and the quantitative assessment is based on pragmatically or contextually established criteria. (b) In other contexts, the construction un huevo can be considered an example of minimizer, and more specifically, a vulgar or taboo minimizer. The minimizers are scalar elements which seems potentially sensitive to negative polarity, and become quantifiers after a grammaticalization process: under the scope of the negation, they can be reanalyzed as negative emphatic markers (no le importo a nadie un huevo [‘Nobody gives a toss about me’]). From the examples provided by the corpora of the RAE, the functional characteristics of the two constructions will be analyzed, and their origins will be explained. More generally, it will be shown that these two types of constructions constitute two examples of subjectification, a process by which the pragmatic meaning can become grammaticalized and become a conventional construction.

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A difficult to explain phenomenon: increasing complexity in the prenominal position

English Language and Linguistics ◽

10.1017/s1360674318000084 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 645-670 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

CHRISTINE GÜNTHER

Keyword(s):

Nominal Phrase ◽

Dependency Relation ◽

Structural Option ◽

Complex Words

In English, the position of the AP in the nominal phrase is determined by its form: only structurally simpler phrases are said to be licit in prenominal position, more complex ones have to follow the noun. Recent studies have reported an increasing use of nominal premodifiers in English, so the question arises whether this trend affects only simpler phrases or whether a new structural option emerges – complex APs in prenominal position. Drawing on data from COHA, this article investigates which types of AP occur prenominally. The data show that certain types of complex APs are gaining ground in the prenominal position. Most of these can be analyzed as complex words rather than complex phrases and hence do not indicate major syntactic changes in the English NP. However, some of the attestations, such as easy-predicates with a to-infinitival clause, are complex phrases. It is argued that it is the dependency relation between their rightmost element, a lexical verb, and the noun they modify which makes them occur in prenominal position.

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