Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

954 Syntax of Dutch: nouns and noun phrases
A. Determiners
Table 2 in Subsection I has shown that pre-determiner bare al can precede all
definite determiners with equal ease. We illustrate this again in (24).
(24) a. al de mannen [article]
all the men
b. al die/deze mannen [demonstrative pronoun]
all those/these men
c. al mijn boeken [possessive pronoun]
all my books
The (a)-examples in (25) and (26) show that the demonstrative and possessive
pronouns can be assigned contrastive accent, and the (b)-examples that the
acceptability of examples of this type is preserved under Backward °Conjunction
Reduction. NP-ellipsis in the second conjunct, as in the (c)-examples, is at least
degraded in comparison with the cases involving Backward Conjunction Reduction.
In this regard, pre-determiner bare al differs markedly from other quantificational
pre-determiner elements like alle + Num, allebei and heel; see Sections 7.1.2.2.1,
sub II, and Section 7.2.2.1, sub II, for illustration.
(25) a. Ik ken wel al DEze mannen, maar niet al DIE mannen.
b. Ik ken wel al DEze ∅, maar niet al DIE mannen. [RNR]
c. ? Ik ken wel al DEze mannen, maar niet al DIE ∅. [NP-ellipsis]
I know AFF all these men but not all those [men]
(26) b. Ik ken wel al ZIJN vrienden, maar niet al HAAR vrienden.
b. Ik ken wel al ZIJN ∅, maar niet al HAAR vrienden. [RNR]
c. *Ik ken wel al ZIJN vrienden, maar niet al HAAR ∅. [NP-ellipsis]
I know AFF all his friends, but not all her [friends]
For completeness’ sake, it can be noted that pre-determiner bare al can also be
inserted to the left of possessive noun phrases, as in (27), although the semigenitival
construction is perhaps somewhat marked, which may be due to the
heaviness of the overall construction. According to Van der Lubbe (1978: 133), predeterminer
bare al sometimes also occurs between the noun phrase and the
functional possessive pronoun, as in % vader al z’n sigaren (lit.: father all his cigars),
but he adds immediately that this will probably not be approved by many speakers;
we have not been able to find similar examples. The examples in (27b) show that
pre-determiner bare al can also precede nominalized possessive pronouns.
(27) a. al mijn mans/ ? al mijn man z’n boeken
all my husband’s/all my husband his books
b. al de/het mijne/jouwe/zijne/hare/onze/hunne
all the mine/yourssg/his/hers/ours/theirs
Pre-determiner bare al cannot be construed with noun phrases like (28a&b)
containing the indefinite article een. This is not even possible in the exclamative
construction in (28c), where we are dealing with the spurious article een and a
plural noun; cf. 5.1.4.2. Pre-determiner bare al cannot combine with bare noun