Constituency in classifier expressions: Ch’ol and beyond

This paper considers recent arguments from the literature that have been deemed supportive of the view that in Ch’ol (Mayan) numerals and classifiers form a constituent to the exclusion of the noun, and evaluates proposed diagnostics for prob- ing NP-internal constituency cross-linguistically. I sho...

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Published inGlossa (London) Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 47
Main Author Dékány, Éva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Open Library of Humanities 31.07.2024
Ubiquity Press
Subjects
Classifiers
Mayan languages
Morphology
Noun phrases
Phonology
Research Article
Syntax
classifier
numeral
Ch’ol
LBE
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ISSN2397-1835
2397-1835
DOI10.16995/glossa.10874

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Summary:This paper considers recent arguments from the literature that have been deemed supportive of the view that in Ch’ol (Mayan) numerals and classifiers form a constituent to the exclusion of the noun, and evaluates proposed diagnostics for prob- ing NP-internal constituency cross-linguistically. I show that the purported diagnostics are unsuitable as adjudicators of constituency both cross-linguistically and internally to Ch’ol. This is because the data involved in the tests are not uniquely compatible with [[Num Cl] N]; they can also be captured on [Num [Cl N]].
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ISSN:2397-1835
2397-1835
DOI:10.16995/glossa.10874