An Anti-Locality Approach to Greek Demonstratives

Abstract

The structure of demonstrative expressions in Modern Greek serves as our looking glass into the broader structure of the nominal domain. Concentrating on the different positions of demonstratives and the obligatory co-occurrence of the definite article ("demonstrative doubling"), the proposal integrates issues of anti-locality into the nominal domain, where apparent articles doubling the demonstrative are analyzed as the spelled out copy of an otherwise illicitly moved demonstrativ