Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A coordinate construction is built by two basic levels of combination: a categoryless functional head is combined with a conjunct, and the result is combined with a categorizer, which is the other conjunct.The first combination is seen in all structures headed by a functional element, and the latter is seen in the categorization of a root.The same two levels of combination are also seen in a modification construction.A categoryless functional head is realized by a coordinator or a modification marker.The positions of the low and high conjunct are also those of a modifier and the modified element, respectively.Thus, neither a coordinate construction nor a modification construction has a construction-specific structural representation or functional head.This means that no coordinate construction is built by any construction-specific operation and there is no stipulated Adjunction operation.The categoryless functional head can also be found in compounds, which can also be categoryless, like single roots.
Source: Nordlyd
DOI: 10.7557/12.7975
Author: Ning Zhang
Institution: National Chung Cheng University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405947442