Open AccessBengali Noun Phrase complex: A minimalist approach
Author(s) -
Shishir Bhattacharja
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
ḍhākā viśvavidyālaẏa bhāṣāvijnāna patrikā
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-851X
pISSN - 2075-3098
DOI - 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3717
Subject(s) - definiteness , determiner phrase , noun phrase , determiner , phrase , linguistics , deixis , natural language processing , computer science , artificial intelligence , noun , classifier (uml) , verb phrase , proper noun , philosophy
In this article, we show, following the Minimalist approach, how features like definiteness and specificity are checked either through Probe-Goal or through overt movement to different projections situated in the left periphery of Noun Phrase complex (NPC) constituated of, as we suggest, the NP itself and the traditonal DP split into four different projections: Deixis Phrase, Determiner Phrase, Classifier Phrase and Quantifier Phrase. At the end of this article we point out some of the limitations of this approach and show how they can be handled in the Substantivist or similar approaches. Key words: Definiteness, Specificity, Deixis, Classifier, Quantifier, SubstantiveDOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3717 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No.2 August, 2008 Page: 67-86