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Non-interrogative subordinate wh-clauses / edited by Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Carla Umbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 83.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 83
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Interrogative.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Relative clauses.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Subordinate constructions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (561 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Explores subordinate wh-clauses that lack an interrogative interpretation, particularly those in which the wh-word differs from its literal meaning. The chapters draw on data from a wide range of languages, combining the study of cross-linguistic variation in patterns of subordination with formal semantic and syntactic analyses.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Contents
- General preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- The contributors
- 1 Varieties of non-interrogative subordinate wh-clauses
- 2 Two kinds of English non-manner how-clauses
- 3 Tense in how- and that-clauses under visual perception: A view from Russian
- 4 Basque non-interrogative nola as a (de dicto) factive complementizer
- 5 Depictive manner complements
- 6 Decomposing adverbs and complementizers: A case study of Dutch hoe `how'
- 7 Perceptive evidential wie-clauses in German: A situation-based approach
- 8 Czech evidential relatives introduced by jak `how': Recognitional cues for the hearer
- 9 Comparative relatives in German
- 10 German wie-comment and reporting clauses: A comparison with so-parentheticals
- 11 Embedding force and attitude: Evidence from Chinese and Vietnamese non-canonical wh-expressions
- 12 Asking about the reason for an effect, and some consequences for the analysis of wh-interrogatives
- 13 `Why' without asking in Romanian
- 14 Locating the locative in English pseudo-locative where-relatives
- 15 The doubt-whether puzzle
- References
- Index of Subjects.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jędrzejowski, Łukasz Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses
- ISBN:
- 0-19-193326-0
- 0-19-265899-9
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