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Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

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1028 Syntax <strong>of</strong> Dutch: nouns <strong>and</strong> noun phrases<br />

(246) is a premodifier <strong>of</strong> the quantifier, <strong>and</strong> not <strong>of</strong> the noun phrase as a whole (as a<br />

pre-determiner <strong>of</strong> the zero indefinite article), is evident from the fact that the plural<br />

count nouns <strong>and</strong> substance noun wijn normally cannot co-occur with pre-determiner<br />

bare heel; cf. Table 10 <strong>and</strong> Table 11.<br />

(246) a. [(heel) veel] boeken b. [(heel) weinig] wijn<br />

very many books very little wine<br />

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

We can be brief about the combination <strong>of</strong> pre-determiner bare heel <strong>and</strong> personal<br />

pronouns; heel is unable to combine with pronouns, regardless <strong>of</strong> whether it is<br />

placed to the left or to the right <strong>of</strong> the pronoun. Example (247) only shows this for<br />

heel preceding the pronoun.<br />

(247) Bare heel <strong>and</strong> personal pronouns<br />

SINGULAR PLURAL<br />

1 ST PERSON *heel ik/me/mij *heel wij/ons *heel<br />

2 REGULAR *heel jij/je/jou *heel jullie<br />

ND<br />

PERSON POLITE *heel u<br />

3 MASCULINE *heel hij/’m/hem<br />

FEMININE *heel zij/’r/haar<br />

RD<br />

*heel zij/hen/hun<br />

PERSON<br />

NEUTER *heel het/’t<br />

As was pointed out in Section 7.2.1.1, bare heel can combine with proper nouns<br />

that comply with the semantic constraint imposed by heel that the noun phrase it is<br />

construed with denotes a structured unit. We refer the reader to Section 7.2.1.1, sub<br />

I, for a more extensive discussion, <strong>and</strong> to Section 7.1.2.1, sub IID, for comparison<br />

with similar examples with al.<br />

(248) a. heel Europa/Duitsl<strong>and</strong>/Hongarije/Italië/Amsterdam<br />

all Europe/Germany/Hungary/Italy/Amsterdam<br />

b. *heel Jan<br />

all Jan<br />

Finally, we can note that, unlike bare al (cf. 7.1.2.1, sub IID), heel cannot<br />

precede the wh-word wat in free relatives, but it can form a constituent with wat in<br />

the guise <strong>of</strong> a quantified pronoun. Note that, while indefinite wat normally<br />

alternates with iets ‘something’, replacement <strong>of</strong> wat by iets is impossible in (249b).<br />

(249) a. al/*heel wat ik hoor<br />

all what I hear<br />

b. Ik heb heel/*al wat gehoord.<br />

I have all what heard<br />

‘I have heard quite a lot.’<br />

7.2.2.2. Post-determiner inflectible heel<br />

This section will discuss the properties <strong>of</strong> inflectible heel. Again, a distinction has<br />

to be made between purely adjectival <strong>and</strong> quantificational uses <strong>of</strong> heel. Section

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