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Nguyen, Tuong Hung Son of Hung Quoc Nguyen and Hi Thi Tran.
(As a classifier language, Vietnamese is aninteresting cas...)
As a classifier language, Vietnamese is aninteresting case study of the internal structure ofnoun phrases. This book is a study of the VietnameseNoun Phrase from a generative perspective. TheVietnamese Noun Phrase is analyzed as a DP, whichcontains multiple functional projections, includingClassifier, Numeral, Demonstrative, and DeterminerPhrases. Controversial issues such as the existenceof lexical articles in Vietnamese, the extra C?I, andthe distinction between classifiers and measure wordsare also discussed. Crosslinguistic evidence supports the proposedanalysis for Vietnamese. The nominal word ordertypology across Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Tai, andSino-Tibetan language families is demonstrated toderive from the same underlying structure. It isparametric differences between languages that governmovement possibilities within DP, resulting in thediffering linear word order patterns. A unifiedanalysis of the typology of DPs involvingdemonstrative and demonstrative reinforcers acrosslanguages is also proposed. The results of this studyprovide insight into the understanding and analysisof noun phrase structure, both in Vietnamese andcrosslinguistically.
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Nguyen, Tuong Hung Son of Hung Quoc Nguyen and Hi Thi Tran.
Bachelor in English, University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1985. Master of Arts in Teachers English to Speakers Other Languages, Boston University, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics, Boston University, 2004.
Lecturer department English University Ho Chi Minh City, 1986—1992. Assistant director Tiffien University, Cleveland, 1998—2003. Assistant professor Suny Broome Community College, Binghamton, New York, since 2006.
Vietnamese editor Mango Language, Farmington Hills, Michigan, since 2009.
(As a classifier language, Vietnamese is aninteresting cas...)
Married Tuyet-Hanh Thi Luong, December 18, 1987. Children: Thong Huy, Bach Tuong.