Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

(261) a. zo’n hele stad
such a whole town
b. zo’n heel dorp
such a whole village
c. *zo’n hele ellende
such a whole misery
Pre-determiners 1035
It is impossible for post-determiner heel to combine with een dergelijk(e) ‘such a’
with heel standing to the left of dergelijk(e). With heel to the right of dergelijk(e)
the result is grammatical, but only on the adjectival reading “whole, intact”. Since
this reading is not compatible with the nouns stad and ellende, the examples in
(262c&d) are degraded under all readings.
(262) a. een dergelijke < # hele> taart
a whole such cake
b. een dergelijke < # hele> appel
a whole such apple
c. *een dergelijke stad
a whole such town
d. *een dergelijke ellende
a whole such misery
The examples in (263) also show that inflectible heel cannot precede the indefinite
determiner-like elements dat/dit/zulk soort and zulke/dergelijke/van die ‘such’
either. The unacceptability of the examples in (263a&b) on the intended reading is,
of course, not surprising given that quantificational heel normally cannot be used in
plural noun phrases; these examples allow only adjectival heel. The unacceptability
of (263c&d) with heel shows, however, that the indefinite determiner-like elements
under discussion are not compatible with quantificational heel; the adjectival
interpretation of post-determiner is also excluded due to the previously mentioned
incompatibility of the meaning of adjectival heel and the noun ellende.
(263) a. dat/dit/zulk soort < # hele> taarten
whole that/this/such sort cakes
b. zulke/dergelijke/van die < # hele> taarten
whole such cakes
c. dat/dit/zulk soort ellende
whole that/this/such sort whole misery
d. zulke/dergelijke/van die ellende
whole such whole misery
C. Quantifiers and numerals
It seems that post-determiner inflectible heel cannot be combined with other
quantifiers on its quantificational reading. It is possible for heel to follow the
quantifiers enige and sommige, but then it will be construed as purely adjectival,
meaning “whole, intact”. The same thing holds when heel follows the quantifiers
veel and weinig.