Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 7
Chapter 1. Introduction 10
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background 21
2.1. Noun Phrase and Adjective Phrase 21
2.2. Bernstein (1993, 2001) 25
2.3. CP/DP Parallelism 28
Chapter 3. General Properties of Kazakh Noun Phrases 33
3.1. Agreement 33
3.2. Definiteness 38
3.3. Case Markers 40
3.4. Substantivized Adjectives 47
Chapter 4. Inversion of Noun and Adjective 55
4.1. Genitive-Possessive Constructions 55
4.2. Focus 59
4.3. Prenominal Focus 65
Chapter 5. Implications of Findings 70
Chapter 6. Conclusion 75
References 79
Appendix 84
Abstract (in Korean) 85
Table 1. Possessive endings 38
Table 2. Case markers in Kazakh 40