Structure Of Determiner Phrase In Geez

This study is devoted to structures of determiner phrase in Ge‟ez in the light of thernMinimalist Program. It focuses on descriptions of words, phrases, sentences and theirrnsyntactic projections. DP in Ge‟ez is formed by merging a determiner (as head) and arncomplement (NP). The function of each morpheme in the description is given. Construct state,rndative and genitive constructions show possession relation between possessees andrnpossessors. They use different possession markers. For example,-ä and lä- go with constructrnstate and dative respectively, whereas zä-, ʔɨllä-, ʔɨntä- go with possessees and possessors inrngenitive constructions. Specifiers can be subjects, articles, pronouns and demonstratives.

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