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‘Embu’ Wh- questions in Cypriot Greek: A comparative study
This paper proposes a novel syntactic analysis for embu Wh- questions in Cypriot Greek; a Wh- question variant which is similar to the est-ce que interrogatives in French and the é que interrogatives in European Portuguese.
Antri Kanikli, George Tsoulas
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Un tipus especial d'oracions interrogatives: les interrogatives escindides [PDF]
This paper deals with the properties of interrogative sentences with a split constituent (or split interrogatives) in Catalan and Spanish. We compare split interrogatives with Wh-questions, yes/no questions, different kinds of confirmatory questions and ...
Contreras, Joan M. +2 more
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The present paper analyzes the discourse-pragmatic function of introducing Spanish qué ‘what’- interrogatives with the concessive connective pero ‘but’.
Ehmer Oliver, Rosemeyer Malte
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Scope assignment: From wh- to QR
This paper develops a theory of scope assignment to wh-phrases as resulting of a process of selective spell-out of copies created from Internal Merge. We show that so-called LF-movement is not a viable option in the current theory of grammar.
George Tsoulas, Norman Yeo
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Pragmatic functions of interrogatives in media texts [PDF]
A number of approaches to media texts tend to apply an interactive model to communication, and the texts are seen are intrinsically dialogic, relying on the receivers’ subjective interpretation of meaning and activation of intertextual relations.
Ivanova, Irina N.
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Under the title “Notes on Vanessa Interrogationis,” in the February number of Can. Ent., Mr. W. F. Fiske gives some interesting statements corresponding to observations made here. I kept bait for moths on the trees in and near my yard from the beginning of the year 1896, and captured Noctuids during January, February, and March.Diurnals came to the ...
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L’inversion du sujet clitique en français oral : ultime apanage des interrogatives? [PDF]
Cette contribution montre que l’inversion des sujets clitiques, quoique très rare en français oral, persiste à un niveau stable. Fondée sur l’examen de 12 corpus de français oral représentant un total de 3.65 millions de mots, l’analyse établit que cette
Stark, Elisabeth; https://orcid.org/ +1 more
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A magyar nyelv tagadószós eldöntendő kérdő mondatainak jelentéséhez [PDF]
On the interpretation of negative polar interrogatives in Hungarian *** The aim of the paper is the study of issues related to the interpretation of Hungarian negative polar interrogatives.
Gyuris, Beáta
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S’ha destacat en la bibliografia que les oracions interrogatives del castellà i del català es comporten de manera ben diferent respecte a la inversió subjecte-verb: mentre aquelles permeten la inversió VS ‘clàssica’ i, en especial, l’ordre VSO, aquestes ...
Sílvia Planas-Morales, Xavier Villalba
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Interrogatives in the Romance languages
This article investigates the structural properties of interrogative clauses in the Romance languages. Interrogative clauses are typically produced by the speaker in order to elicit information from the addressee; depending on the kind of information ...
Nicola Munaro
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