Complements
do complements take objects?
no
subtypes of fuse-head cosntruction
simple, partitive and special
what stand for DP?
Determinative phrase
what are the kinds of complements that we mentioned?
pp, subordinate clauses and indirect complements
provide one example of a compound form with every, some or no.
like everybody, someone, and nothing.
can countable and non countable nouns take cardinal numbers?
NO, just countable noun
what is a determiner?
is the position in the phrase
can complements be remove from a sentence?
they can not, because we will lose the full meaning of the sentence.
it is not possible to insert a modifier between the determiner and the head?
IT IS NOT
Nouns that have only a count interpretation or only a non-count interpretation are in a minority. Why?
Most nouns can be used with either kind of interpretation.
what is a determinative?
is the individual word