Deriving Greenberg’s Universal 20
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"Deriving Greenberg’s Universal 20" is a linguistics work by Guglielmo Cinque that offers a theoretical account of cross-linguistic word order patterns in noun phrases, particularly the ordering of demonstratives, numerals, and adjectives.
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| instanceOf |
linguistics article
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
derivation of surface word orders from a single underlying hierarchy
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role of movement operations in deriving NP word orders ⓘ |
| author | Guglielmo Cinque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greenberg’s typological generalizations about NP word order ⓘ |
| claims | attested NP word orders follow from a universal base structure plus movement constraints ⓘ |
| concerns | demonstrative–numeral–adjective–noun orderings ⓘ |
| contributesTo | cartographic approach to syntax ⓘ |
| examines | possible and impossible NP word orders across languages ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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syntax ⓘ typology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cross-linguistic word order patterns in noun phrases
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ordering of demonstratives numerals and adjectives ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Joseph Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Greenberg’s Universal 20
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functional projections in syntax ⓘ noun phrase structure ⓘ word order typology ⓘ |
| proposes | universal hierarchy of DP-internal modifiers ⓘ |
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DP hypothesis
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Universal 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ noun phrase typology ⓘ |
| usesFramework |
cartographic syntax
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generative grammar ⓘ |
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