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The purpose of this article is to report on some results of preliminary work on certain phenomena exhibited in measure phrase sentences, particularly (but not exclusively) in Dutch. In this article, I will leave the constituents called ‘measure phrases’ unanalyzed, restricting myself to the problem of accounting for reduction in a certain type of sentences containing them. Most of what I am going to say should be considered tentative. Nonetheless, I believe that the outcome of the considerations in the following strongly suggest that Gruber’s proposals concerning the function of the lexicon1 provide an adequate means for the solution of a set of problems connected with measure phrase sentences.
This is a revised version of an article written in Dutch, entitled ‘Redcutie in zinnen met “maat-constituenten”’ in Studia Neerlandica 5 (1971). I am greatly indebted to Prof. Dr. H. Schultink’s criticisms of the earlier version.
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Klooster, W.G. (1973). Reduction in Dutch Measure Phrase Sentences. In: Kiefer, F., Ruwet, N. (eds) Generative Grammar in Europe. Foundations of Language, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2503-4_12
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