Partitivity of the partitive: A syntactic probe

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dc.contributor.authorRubiana Hassan
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T07:47:35Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T07:47:35Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.descriptionProject Advisor: Anjum P. Saleemien_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation aims to look at the syntactic structure of Partitive in the nominal complex. For this purpose it will attempt to analyze the structures of the various Partitive constructions examining their form, function, characteristic features and types (like Partitive and Pseudopartitive). It will also focus on the meaning component primarily from the syntactical, and secondarily from Semantic perspective. An attempt will also be made at a comparison and contrast between Partitive and Pseudopartitive, and N-Partitive and Q-Partitive respectively, looking at any relationship that may exist between the either. The syntactic behavior of Partitive in adjectival modification and its syntactical positioning like fronting, extrapositioning, and recursion will also be analyzed. The close syntactic similarities and differences between Partitive and genitive structures will also be examined. The data for the analysis will be collected from English. Chapter 1 will introduce the problems related with the syntax of Partitive in the nounphrase. Chapter 2 will look at the literature review related with the subject. Chapter 3 will looked at the microsyntax of Partitive in some detail by examining its various grammatical forms, functions, and salient features. Chapter 4 will consider the major types of Partitives namely Entity Partitive and Mass Partitive bringing out their inter-relationship. Chapter 5 will make a contrastive analysis of Partitive and Pseudopartitive structures. Chapter 6 will make an investigation of Quantified Partitives looking at their syntactic characteristics. Chapter no 7 will study the similarities and differences of Partitive and genitive constructions. Chapter no 8 will conclude the dissertation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/534
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Management and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectMS-Thesisen_US
dc.subjectPartitiveen_US
dc.subjectPseudopartitiveen_US
dc.subjectDeterminer Phrase (DP)en_US
dc.subjectMeasure Phrase (MP)en_US
dc.titlePartitivity of the partitive: A syntactic probeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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