LINGUIST List 17.2439

Wed Aug 30 2006

Qs: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Carol Aguiar, The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs

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Message 1: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs
Date: 29-Aug-2006
From: Carol Aguiar <carolina.unbgmail.com>
Subject: The Syntax & Semantics of Modified DPs


Dear all, I am working on topicalization of quantified DPs in BrazilianPortuguese (BP) and I have already noticed that a topicalized DPs is okayif it contains a modifier, as in (1) and (2):

(1) Every boy that I meet, you would like to meet (English)(2) Todo menino bonito, a Maria quer namorar (BP) all boy cute, the Maria wants date-Inf “Every cute boy, Maria wants to data”

Thus, I would appreciate if you could tell if there is any research showingother syntactic and semantic differences in behavior between DPs with andwithout internal modification.

Thank you,Carol AguiarUniversity of Brasilia/Unicamp, Brazil

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Syntax