Abbreviations and symbols vii[-]Preface and acknowledgments ix[-]1. General introduction ix[-]2. Main objective ix[-]3. Intended readership ix[-]4. Object of description x[-]5. Organization of the material xv[-]6. History of the project and future prospects xix[-]7. Acknowledgments xxi[-]Introduction 1[-]Chapter 1 [-]Nouns: characterization and classification 3[-]1.1. Characterization 5[-]1.2. Classification 16[-]1.3. Derivation of nouns 48[-]1.4. Compounding 110[-]1.5. Bibliographical notes 114[-]Chapter 2 [-]Projection of noun phrases I: complementation 117[-]2.1. General observations 119[-]2.2. Prepositional and nominal complements 135[-]2.3. Sentential complements 332[-]2.4. Bibliographical notes 355[-]Chapter 3 [-]Projection of noun phrases II: modification 357[-]3.1. Restrictive and non-restrictive modifiers 360[-]3.2. Premodification 374[-]3.3. Postmodification 376[-]3.4. Bibliographical notes 571[-]Chapter 4 [-]Projection of noun phrases III: binominal constructions 573[-]4.1. Binominal constructions without a preposition 574[-]4.2. Binominal constructions with a preposition 642[-]4.3. Bibliographical notes 671[-]Chapter 5 [-]Determiners: articles and pronouns 673[-]5.1. Articles 677[-]5.2. Pronouns 773[-]5.3. Bibliographical notes 868[-]Chapter 6 [-]Numerals and quantifiers 871[-]6.1. Numerals 872[-]6.2. Quantifiers 897[-]6.3. Quantitative er 934[-]6.4. Bibliographical notes 942[-]Chapter 7 [-]Pre-determiners 945[-]7.1. The universal quantifier al 'all' and its alternants 948[-]7.2. The pre-determiner heel 'all/whole' 999[-]7.3. A note on focus particles 1050[-]7.4. Bibliographical notes 1051[-]Chapter 8 [-]Syntactic uses of noun phrases 1053[-]8.1. Noun phrases as arguments 1054[-]8.2. Predicative use of the noun phrase 1087[-]8.3. Adverbial use of the noun phrase 1105[-]8.4. Bibliographical notes 1114[-]Glossary 1117[-]Subject index 1141[-]References 1153[-]