On silent COLOR in Romanian
On silent COLOR in Romanian
Author(s): Mihaela Tănase-DogaruSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: silent nouns; COLOR; qualitative classifiers;
Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the present paper is show that there is a silent noun COLOR in Romanian (following Kayne 2005), in constructions such as stiloul e COLOR roșu ‘pen-DEF is COLOR red’. Silent COLOR is a qualitative classifier, occupying therefore the head of the Classifier Phrase. This silent noun can thus be added to the inventory of silent nouns in Romanian, such as NUMBER, AMOUNT and TYPE (see Tănase-Dogaru 2008, 2009, 2013, Constantinescu & Tănase-Dogaru 2007).
Journal: Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
- Issue Year: XXVI/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 29-41
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
