Quantifier Phrase and Classifier phrase in Sarhadi Dialect of Balochi; A minimalist Analysis

This paper aims to investigate the presence of quantifier phrase and classifier phrase in the DP of Sarhadi dialect of the Baluchi language. To reach this goal, pseudo partitive constructions and their characteristics in different languages are introduced and then it is shown that determiner phrases containing a classifier in Baluchi are examples of juxtaposed pseudo partitive constructions in which the classifier is the head of a classifier phrase carrying an uninterpretable feature [uQ] which necessitates the presence of a quantifier / number phrase right above it in the modifier domain of Baluchi determiner phrases.