Multiple Wh-fronting / edited by Cedric Boeckx, Kleanthes K. Grohmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boeckx, Cedric.

Grohmann, Kleanthes K.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 64.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extraction (Linguistics).

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

x, 302 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2003.

Summary:

Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the "classic" multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malagasy, Persian, Yiddish), explorations for languages that don't obviously fall into this category (German, Hungarian), peripheral effects (optionality of fronting, Superiority vs. Anti-Superiority etc.), interface issues (with semantics, pragmatics, and phonology), and simply theoretical approaches aiming to capture the mechanisms involved in multiple Wh-fronting strategies. The theoretical framework adopted throughout is the Minimalist Program, viewed from different angles. This volume brings together some of the leading experts on the syntax of Wh-questions and offers up-to-date analyses of the topic. It will be indispensable for scholars investigating multiple Wh-questions, and will find an appropriate audience in advanced students and faculty alike.

Contents:

Multiple Wh-Fronting

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of contributors

Introduction

References

Symmetries and asymmetries in multiple checking

Conclusion

Notes

On wh-islands and obligatory wh-movement contexts in South Slavic

On the nature of multiple fronting in Yiddish

On the morphosyntax of wh-movement

German is a multiple wh-fronting language!

Deriving Anti-Superiority effects

Conjoined questions in Hungarian

Summary

Persian wh-riddles

Non-wh-fronting in Basque

Concluding remarks

Malagasy as an optional multiple wh-fronting language

Multiple wh-fronting in Serbo-Croatian matrix questions and the matrix sluicing construction

Index

The series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612161193

9781282161191

1282161199

9789027296467

9027296464

OCLC:

302169095