On some Prepositions that Look DP-internal: English of and French de

Richard S. Kayne

doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.56

On some Prepositions that Look DP-internal: English of and French de

Authors

Richard S. Kayne New York University

Abstract

The article shows that, in spite of their DP-internal appearance, many instances of the English preposition of and of the French preposition de can be reanalyzed as being VP-external. Moreover, it is argued that what looks like movement of a bare quantifier turns out to be remnant move- ment. It is also claimed that each +N subpart of DP must get its own Case, which means that (non-head) phrases never have Case.

Keywords

sintax, noun phrase, prepositions, Case, movement

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.56

Published

2003-12-01

How to Cite

Kayne, R. S. (2003). On some Prepositions that Look DP-internal: English of and French de. Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 1, 71–115. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.56