Why English Exhibits Determiner-Possessor Complementarity and Slovene Doesn’t

Why English Exhibits Determiner-Possessor Complementarity and Slovene Doesn’t

The aim of the paper is to provide an explanation for the following difference between English and Slovene: whereas in English a definite determiner and a possessor are in complementary distribution, in Slovene the two categories are perfectly compatible. Arguing that the traditional approach to de...

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Main Author: Frančiška Lipovšek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2004-12-01
Series:ELOPE
Subjects:
determiner
possessor
generative grammar
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3289

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