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10.1 Structure and Function 10.1 Structure and Function
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10.1.1 Canonical Structure 10.1.1 Canonical Structure
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10.1.2 Pronouns 10.1.2 Pronouns
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10.1.3 Proper Names 10.1.3 Proper Names
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10.2 Noun Modifiers 10.2 Noun Modifiers
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10.2.1 Semantic and Formal Variety 10.2.1 Semantic and Formal Variety
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10.2.2 Canonical Constructions 10.2.2 Canonical Constructions
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10.2.3 Nominal Constituents 10.2.3 Nominal Constituents
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10.2.4 Noncanonical Constructions 10.2.4 Noncanonical Constructions
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10.2.5 Active Zones 10.2.5 Active Zones
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10.3 Classification and Quantification 10.3 Classification and Quantification
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10.3.1 Noun Classes 10.3.1 Noun Classes
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10.3.2 Quantifier Constructions 10.3.2 Quantifier Constructions
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10.4 Inflection and Agreement 10.4 Inflection and Agreement
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10.4.1 What's in a Noun? 10.4.1 What's in a Noun?
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10.4.2 Morphological Realization 10.4.2 Morphological Realization
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10 10 Nominal Structure
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Published:February 2008
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Abstract
Personal pronouns and proper names are inherently grounded. The structure of other nominals tends to reflect semantic function, with the head noun as core, grounding as the outermost layer, and modifiers in between. Noun modification is varied both semantically and in its structural implementation. When nominal and relational expressions combine grammatically, there is often a discrepancy between the nominal expression's profile and the entity which participates most directly in the relationship—its active zone with respect to that relationship. Noun classes have varying degrees of semantic motivation. Distributional classes, defined by participation in particular patterns, may be semantically arbitrary. While gender-type classes have semantic prototypes, the class as a whole is defined by a consistent set of grammatical behaviors. In a usage based approach, such classes are characterized by families of constructional schemas. Noun classifiers likewise have prototypical values semantically extended to a range of other cases. They represent a distinct kind of nominal structure in which the classifier functions as a schematic head noun. Classifiers are related to quantifier constructions allowing the unitization of a mass. Nouns bear various kinds of grammatical markings. Most intrinsic to nouns are elements deriving them from other classes. There is no sharp distinction between such derivation and noun inflection. Markings of gender and number are intermediate. More extrinsic are markings indicating a nominal's role in higher-level grammatical constructions. These are meaningful in a symbolic account of grammar. Such an account accommodates both agreement—the multiple realization of semantic specifications—and cases where multiple specifications are realized by a single, unanalyzable form. Analyzability is a matter of degree.
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