La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives
This paper discusses what is known in the generative literature as the ‘DP-hypothesis’, i.e., the idea that the head of the Noun Phrase is actually the Determiner, rather than the Noun. We start by a discussion of the notions of heads and dependency and the classical criteria for deciding which item...
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| description | This paper discusses what is known in the generative literature as the ‘DP-hypothesis’, i.e., the idea that the head of the Noun Phrase is actually the Determiner, rather than the Noun. We start by a discussion of the notions of heads and dependency and the classical criteria for deciding which item is the head in a given construction. Using these we provide a series of arguments suggesting that the classical position is correct and that the Noun is the head of the NP. We then discuss a series of specific arguments and analyses that have been advanced in support of the DP analysis, showing why we do not believe them to be convincing. We conclude by observing that the choice between the NP and DP analyses may not actually be an empirical issue if one allows the very abstract kind of syntactic representations currently fashionable within Chomskyan generative linguistics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2de3f063fb6347ab993a7a0ddad24d532025-08-20T02:34:09ZengCercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICOCorela1638-573X2023-05-013710.4000/corela.15038La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories générativesPhilip MillerGeoffrey K. PullumThis paper discusses what is known in the generative literature as the ‘DP-hypothesis’, i.e., the idea that the head of the Noun Phrase is actually the Determiner, rather than the Noun. We start by a discussion of the notions of heads and dependency and the classical criteria for deciding which item is the head in a given construction. Using these we provide a series of arguments suggesting that the classical position is correct and that the Noun is the head of the NP. We then discuss a series of specific arguments and analyses that have been advanced in support of the DP analysis, showing why we do not believe them to be convincing. We conclude by observing that the choice between the NP and DP analyses may not actually be an empirical issue if one allows the very abstract kind of syntactic representations currently fashionable within Chomskyan generative linguistics.https://journals.openedition.org/corela/15038DP-hypothesisheadsNoun PhraseDeterminersabstract syntax |
| spellingShingle | Philip Miller Geoffrey K. Pullum La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives Corela DP-hypothesis heads Noun Phrase Determiners abstract syntax |
| title | La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives |
| title_full | La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives |
| title_fullStr | La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives |
| title_full_unstemmed | La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives |
| title_short | La tête du groupe nominal: l’hypothèse du DP dans les théories génératives |
| title_sort | la tete du groupe nominal l hypothese du dp dans les theories generatives |
| topic | DP-hypothesis heads Noun Phrase Determiners abstract syntax |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/corela/15038 |
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