On generating the Greek noun phrase

Authors

Cheryl A. Black, SIL-UND
Stephen A. Marlett, SIL-UND

DOI

10.31356/silwp.vol40.02

Abstract

This article examines the basic noun phrase of Koine Greek and proposes an analysis which is consistent with current views on phrase structure within X-bar theory. The fact that the syntactic distribution of quantifiers, demonstratives and descriptive adjectives is different leads to the (not surprising) proposal that these are distinct word classes in Greek, as in many other languages. The distribution of articles is given serious attention and is found to support the relatively recent proposal (the DP hypothesis) that the traditional noun phrase is best analyzed as a determiner phrase which may then take an NP as its complement.

Recommended Citation

Black, Cheryl A. and Marlett, Stephen A. (1996) "On generating the Greek noun phrase," Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session: Vol. 40, Article 2.
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol40.02
Available at: https://commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol40/iss1/2