HOW COHESIVE IS THE NP?

Continuous NPs:

cf.
the rumour that John intends to resign
the question whether we enjoyed the play
a discussion about linguistics
a fight over a girl
a picture of John
Discontinuous NPs:

cf.
• the rumour was spread that John intends to resign
• a discussion began quite unexpectedly about
linguistics
• a fight started between the two over a girl
• a possibility exists that he might arrive earlier than
expected
Discontinuous NPs:

cf. (Keizer 2007)

the review came out yesterday of his book

My whole family lives in Mexico on my dad’s side
A box was found containing all the documents
Everyone had been spoken to that might know
something
"Do one thing every day that scares you."

Eleanor Roosevelt
cf. German

Ich habe das Buch das der alte Professor

geschrieben hat gestern gekauft

Ich habe das Buch gestern gekauft

das der alte Professor geschrieben hat
cf. Romanian

• NP (‘grup nominal’ cu Centru substantival,

pronominal, numeral)

• Constituents: Head and Adjunct(s)

– Adjuncts: Obligatory (=determiners) vs. Optional
cf. Romanian

H
Adjunct Adjunct
cf. Romanian (cf. GAR II, 2005:88)
One head, six Dts an
called adjuncts in Rom

Casă

altă frumoasă oglindă venețiană a ei, cu reflexe

cenușii, pe care o cumpărase la Murano

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