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The Syntax of Genitives in the Maori DP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Elizabeth Pearce
Elizabeth Pearce*
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Victoria University of Wellington
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Abstract

This article proposes an account of genitive case marking in the Maori DP which shows how the licensing requirements for genitive depend both on thematic role distinctions and on the presence of a functional projection situated immediately below D. An investigation of ordering alternations including genitives, demonstratives, adjectives, and the lexical head indicates that the FP below D is also the location of an identifying or specifying function within the DP. The label “IdentP” is proposed as a cover term for this FP projection. It is also proposed that DPs containing nominalized verbs include a head, Nmz, that has the capacity to license additional instantiations of genitive case marking.

Résumé

Résumé

Cet article propose une analyse du cas génitif dans le syntagme déterminant (DP) en maori qui montre comment les occurrences des génitifs sont sujettes, d’une part, à une distinction thématique et, d’autre part, à la présence d’une projection fonctionnelle (FP) située directement en-dessous de la tête D. L’étude des alternances dans lesquelles participent les génitifs, les démonstratifs, les adjectifs et la tête lexicale indique que le FP en-dessous de D est aussi le site d’une fonction identificationnelle ou spécifiante. L’étiquette “IdentP” est proposée comme terme pour identifier le rôle de cette projection FP. Il est en outre proposé que les DP comprenant des verbes nominalisés contiennent une tête, Nmz, qui a la capacité de légitimer des instanciations additionnelles de syntagmes génitifs.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 43 , Special Issue 3-4: Arguments and Structure in Austronesian Languages , December 1998 , pp. 411 - 434
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1998

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