Wh-scope marking / edited by Uli Lutz, Gereon Muller, Arnim von Stechow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lutz, Uli, 1959-

Müller, Gereon, 1964-

Stechow, Arnim von.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 37.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Interrogative.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Scope (Linguistics).

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

vi, 483 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first comprehensive overview of the syntax and semantics of wh-scope marking. Wh-scope marking constructions have recently received a lot of attention; their very existence and their intricate properties have important consequences for syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface (e.g., with respect to the wh-criterion, the wh-movement parameter, feature checking, the theory of locality, the interpretation of wh-phrases and why-chains, and the nature of LF). The fifteen contributions share the basic assumptions of the Chomskyan approach to syntax and the model-theoretic approach to semantics; they address a variety of languages (among them German, Hindi, Hungarian, English, Frisian, Kikuyu, and Malay). A recurrent theme in all articles is whether wh-scope marking should be analyzed in terms of a direct, indirect, or mixed dependency. The wealth of cross-linguistic empirical evidence and the theory-independent relevance of the conclusions should make this book the ultimate source of information on wh-scope marking for years to come.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Introduction

Wh-Scope Marking

Scope Marking and Calusal Typing

Moving Just the Feature

Partial Wh-Movement

On the Wh-Expletive Was in German

Scope Marking

Towards a Minimalist Theory of Wh-Expletives, Wh-Copying, and Successive Cyclicity

Towards a Superior Account of Superiority

The W-… W- Construction

On the Syntax of “Wh-Scope Marker” Constructions

Towards a Unified Treatment of Wh-Expletives in Hindi and German

Absolute and Relative. On Scope in German Wh-Sentences, W- … W-Constructions Included

On the Parenthetical Features of German. Was… W-Constructions and How to Account for them

Partial Wh-Movement and the Typology of Wh-Questions

Partial Wh-Movement, Scope marking, and Transparent Logical Form

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613128157

9781283128155

1283128152

9789027284303

902728430X

OCLC:

1491309090