Format:
XIV, 252 Seiten :
,
Diagramme.
ISBN:
978-90-272-0845-3
Series Statement:
Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today (LA) volume 266
Uniform Title:
On clause-internally moved wh-phrases : wh-to-foc, nominative clitics, and the theory of Northern Italian wh-in situ
Content:
"This monograph offers an innovative understanding of the mechanisms involved in Romance 'optional' wh-in situ. New supporting evidence in favour of Cable's (2010) Grammar of Q is presented, as well as novel implementations of his original theory. In particular, it is claimed that wh-in situ idioms are characterised not only by language-specific choices between QP-projection and Q-adjunction, and between overt and covert movement of Q, but also in terms of the locus where they check the features relevant to wh-questions: while some languages check both [q] and [focus] in C, others make use of the clause-internal vP-periphery to check [focus]. Thanks to the vast amount of data presented and discussed, along with the predictions and theoretical contributions made, this monograph will be of interest to a wide range of specialists in human language, from typologists to Romance specialists and formal syntacticians, but also to the many experts in languages with overt Q-particles who wonder why Romance specialists have long been so resistant to the implementation of silent Q-particles in their theoretical models."
Note:
Dissertation Université de Genève 2019
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-272-6012-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Romanische Sprachen
;
Interrogativsatz
;
Syntax
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Hochschulschrift
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