Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10461178 Lingua 2005 15 Pages PDF
Abstract
In some natural languages, a “linking morpheme” intervenes between an N(P) and its adjectival, prepositional, or relative modifier, whereas the semantics requires that an operator conjoin the properties denoted. The paper connects these two elements, arguing that they are the two “faces” of the same item, a functional element that heads a conjunctive phrase, and which is present, even if silent, in other languages too.
Related Topics
Social Sciences and Humanities Arts and Humanities Language and Linguistics
Authors
,