The English binominal NP construction: A construction-based perspective
- English Binominal NPs (BNP) (e.g., a hell of a problem) are of empirical and theoretical interest due to their complex syntactic and semantic properties. In this paper, we review some basic properties of the BNP construction, focusing on its headedness, semantic relations, and the role of the preposition of. We argue that these properties suggest an account in the spirit of construction grammar. In particular, we show that English BNP is a nominal juxtaposition construction whose special syntactic constraints are linked to semantic relations like a subject-predicate relation.
| Author: | Jong-Bok KimORCiDGND, Peter SellsORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-715487 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2011.6 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
| Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2011/11/17 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (18 : 2011 : Seattle, Wash.) |
| Release Date: | 2024/09/06 |
| Tag: | Binominal noun phrase |
| GND Keyword: | Nominalphrase; Zwillingsformel |
| Volume: | 18.2011 |
| Page Number: | 7 |
| First Page: | 102 |
| Last Page: | 108 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| 4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
