Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.
The Layered DP; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. un-NPs 'a-NPs'; Chapter 3. Du/des-NPs; Chapter 4. Bare nouns; Chapter 5. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
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This book examines argumental un-NPs and du/des-NPs in French: nominals with the indefinite article and with the so-called 'partitive article' respectively. The main aim is to account for the different interpretations of these indefinites and to determine how interpretation and structure are related. This study thus concerns the syntax-semantics interface, with an emphasis on the composition of the left periphery and the inflectional domain of the indefinites mentioned. It is realized in the framework of generative grammar and in a cartographic approach. A crucial proposal put forward in this.