The Even Yearbook 9 (2010)

volume: 9 (2010)
author: Katalin Horváth
title: Possessive interpretations
keywords: possessive interpretation, theta-role assignment in the nominal domain, CP-DP Parallelism, UTAH, possessive morpheme, light noun, nP-shell, argument structure of (the possessed) N, derived and non-derived nouns
abstract: Possessors, being argument DPs in the possessive DP (in the DP hosting the possessor and the possessed) need a thematic-role so that the exact relationship between them and the possessed can be determined. There are several approaches to the process of nominal theta-marking in the literature on possession. The present paper addresses the problem of theta-role assignment within the possessive DP and aims at arguing against the assumptions according to which the possessive interpretation originates in the semantics of the possessed noun alone. This essay intends to present an alternative approach to this problem by claiming that the possessor receives its theta-role from a theta-role assigning unit consisting of the possessed and the possessive morpheme.
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  author  = {Katalin Horváth},
  title   = {Possessive interpretations},
  year    = 2010,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 9,
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/10ho}
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Horváth, Katalin. 2010. Possessive interpretations. The Even Yearbook 9. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/10ho