{"product_id":"morphosyntax-and-semantic-type-of-noun-phrases-in-turkish","title":"Morphosyntax and semantic type of noun phrases in Turkish","description":"\u003cp\u003eChierchia (1998) proposed that the semantic type of nouns varies across languages: in some languages, nouns denote entities; in others, nouns denote predicates; in yet others, nouns of both types are attested. Chierchia posits the existence of two parameters to account for this divisionÑnamely [±arg], which determines whether a language contains nouns denoting arguments, and [±pred], which determines whether a language contains nouns denoting predicates. Chierchia then makes generalizations about each group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis paper examines the noun phrase semantics of Turkish. My analysis shows that not all [+arg, _pred] languages have nouns that act alike: while Turkish patterns in key ways with Chinese, a [+arg, _pred] language, it does not follow all of ChierchiaÕs predictions for [+arg, _pred] languages. In particular, it appears that some Turkish nouns, while being ÒmassÓ in the sense that they denote kinds, are countable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Micah John Walter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44928709394593,"sku":"9781111123160","price":23.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1rekgpg2-front-shortedge-384_860e16ef-9915-417d-a92e-6c15b6b980c2.jpg?v=1747530476","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/morphosyntax-and-semantic-type-of-noun-phrases-in-turkish","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}