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The structure of noun phrases in Bengali: what it tells us about phases and the universality of DPs

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The overarching question in this dissertation research is how the internal structure of a noun phrase can be best represented: is the structure of noun phrases universal, i.e, the same in all languages?

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Or is there a typological divide in terms of the structure of the noun phrase? It is proposed, primarily based on findings regarding the behavior of an Indo-Aryan language Bengali/Bangla, that the languages of the world can be divided into three types regarding the structure of the noun phrase: (i) languages with articles, (ii) languages with no articles but with special word-order and movement to signal definiteness, and (iii) languages with no articles and with no designated special word-order and movement for marking definiteness.

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