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Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

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720 Syntax <strong>of</strong> Dutch: nouns <strong>and</strong> noun phrases<br />

(115) a. Dit wordt besproken in *(het) vierde ho<strong>of</strong>dstuk.<br />

this is discussed in the fourth chapter<br />

b. Dat staat op *(de) 597ste pagina.<br />

that st<strong>and</strong>s on the 597 th page<br />

5.1.2.3. Special cases<br />

Singular count nouns are normally not used in argument position without an article:<br />

see Section 8.2.2 for the use <strong>of</strong> bare singular count nouns used as predicates. There<br />

are, however, a number <strong>of</strong> cases in which bare singular count noun is acceptable.<br />

I. N+V collocations<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> bare count nouns is possible in certain N+V collocations like piano<br />

spelen ‘to play the piano’ <strong>and</strong> paard rijden ‘to ride on horseback’. Collocations like<br />

these behave like particle verbs such as weggooien ‘to throw away’. First the<br />

examples in (116) show that both the bare count noun <strong>and</strong> the particle must be<br />

adjacent to the verb; scrambling leads to severe ungrammaticality.<br />

(116) a. Jan zal morgen piano spelen<br />

Jan will tomorrow piano play<br />

‘Jan will play the piano tomorrow.’<br />

a′. *Jan zal piano morgen spelen.<br />

b. Jan wil morgen paard rijden.<br />

Jan wants tomorrow horse drive<br />

‘Jan wants to ride on horseback tomorrow.’<br />

b′. *Jan wil paard morgen rijden.<br />

c. Jan zal dat boek morgen weggooien.<br />

Jan will that book tomorrow throw.away<br />

‘Jan will throw away that book tomorrow.’<br />

c′. *Jan zal dat boek weg morgen gooien.<br />

The N+C collocation yet cannot be considered a single word given that °verbsecond<br />

can split the noun <strong>and</strong> the verb, just like it can split the verb <strong>and</strong> the particle.<br />

(117) a. Jan speelt morgen piano.<br />

Jan plays tomorrow piano<br />

‘Jan is playing the piano tomorrow.’<br />

b. Jan rijdt morgen paard.<br />

Jan drive tomorrow horse<br />

‘Jan is riding on horseback tomorrow.’<br />

c. Jan gooit het boek morgen weg.<br />

Jan throws the book tomorrow away<br />

‘Jan throws the book away tomorrow.’<br />

Topicalization <strong>of</strong> the verb, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, must pied pipe the bare count noun or<br />

the particle, as is illustrated in (118).<br />

(118) a. Piano spelen zal Jan morgen.<br />

piano play will Jan tomorrow<br />

a′. *Spelen zal Jan morgen piano.

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