Tot (aan) het einde ((aan) toe): The internal syntax of a Dutch complex PP

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tot (aan) het einde ((aan) toe)

T2 - The internal syntax of a Dutch complex PP

AU - Broekhuis, Hans

AU - den Dikken, Marcel

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The topic of this paper is the internal syntax of the extraordinarily rich palette of Dutch expressions corresponding to English '(right) up to the end', featuring six subtly different surface outputs, differing with respect to the number of adpositional elements, the number of occurrences of a particular adpositional element (“doubling”), and the linear order of the various subconstituents of the complex PP. The paper proposes a maximally integrated syntax for these adpositional phrases, and in the process addresses the details of phrasal and head-movement operations taking place within the complex PP. In closing, the paper briefly examines the properties of the antonym of '(right) up to the end', viz., '(right) from the beginning (on)', and signals clear similarities and striking differences between the two.

AB - The topic of this paper is the internal syntax of the extraordinarily rich palette of Dutch expressions corresponding to English '(right) up to the end', featuring six subtly different surface outputs, differing with respect to the number of adpositional elements, the number of occurrences of a particular adpositional element (“doubling”), and the linear order of the various subconstituents of the complex PP. The paper proposes a maximally integrated syntax for these adpositional phrases, and in the process addresses the details of phrasal and head-movement operations taking place within the complex PP. In closing, the paper briefly examines the properties of the antonym of '(right) up to the end', viz., '(right) from the beginning (on)', and signals clear similarities and striking differences between the two.

KW - adpositional phrase

KW - PP-internal movement

KW - preposition incorporation

KW - preposition doubling

KW - verbal particle

U2 - 10.5334/gjgl.663

DO - 10.5334/gjgl.663

M3 - Article

SN - 2397-1835

VL - 3

SP - 1

EP - 19

JO - Glossa

JF - Glossa

IS - 1

M1 - 104

ER -