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Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

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

dropping the article seems obligatory: the string [alle vijfentwintig de] resulted in<br />

no relevant hits, whereas the string [alle vijfentwintig] provided many cases <strong>of</strong> the<br />

relevant construction; see also http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/48.<br />

(51) a. allebei/alle twee de/*∅ boeken c. alle vijf/zes/... de/∅ boeken<br />

all-both/all two the books all five/six/... the books<br />

b. alle drie/vier de/*∅ boeken d. alle vijfentwintig ∅/ % de boeken<br />

all three/four the books all twenty five ∅/the books<br />

When the numeral is modified by an adverb, construing alle + Num with a bare<br />

plural is the only possibility; adding the article de gives rise to an unacceptable<br />

result, even with relatively “low” numerals like vijf.<br />

(52) alle ongeveer/bijna/ruim honderd/vijf (*de) deelnemers<br />

all approximately/almost/well over hundred/five the participants<br />

B. Indefinite determiner-like elements<br />

Example (53a) shows that the indefinite determiner-like elements dat/dit soort<br />

‘such’, discussed in Section 4.1.2, are not compatible with alle + Num/allebei to<br />

their left. Example (53b) shows that the same thing holds for pseudo-partitive noun<br />

phrases, discussed in Section 4.1.1.6.1, with the indefinite determiner-like element<br />

van die ‘such’.<br />

(53) a. *alle tien/allebei dat/dit soort boeken<br />

all ten/all-both that/this sort books<br />

b. *alle tien/allebei van die boeken<br />

all ten/all-both <strong>of</strong> such books<br />

C. Quantifiers <strong>and</strong> numerals<br />

Since the pre-determiners allebei <strong>and</strong> alle + Num already contain a cardinal<br />

number, the addition <strong>of</strong> other quantificational elements to the noun phrase is<br />

impossible; the examples below are all ungrammatical. Numerals are, <strong>of</strong> course,<br />

excluded since this would either result in unwanted redundancy or in a<br />

contradiction: *alle vier de drie/vier boeken ‘all four the three/four books’.<br />

(54) a. *alle tien/allebei enige/sommige boeken<br />

all ten/all-both some books<br />

b. *alle tien/allebei veel boeken<br />

all ten/all-both many books<br />

c. *alle tien/allebei de vele/weinige mensen in de zaal<br />

all ten/all-both the many/few people in the room<br />

d. *alle twee/allebei de twee/beide boeken<br />

all two/all-both the two/both books<br />

D. Personal pronouns <strong>and</strong> proper nouns<br />

Alle + Num <strong>and</strong> allebei can form a constituent with a plural personal pronoun,<br />

provided that the pronoun is realized in its strong, unreduced form <strong>and</strong> that it<br />

precedes the quantifier. That the string zij alle tien/allebei in (55) is a constituent is<br />

clear from the fact that it can precede the finite verb zijn in the main clauses (the

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