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In situ mixed wh-coordination and the argument/adjunct distinction
Glossa, 2020 One of the most important results of syntactic inquiry has been a detailed empirical and, to some extent, theoretical understanding of the argument/adjunct distinction, which underlies a wide array of superficially different phenomena.
Erik Zyman
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NZ- in situ euskaraz: gazteen nafar-lapurterazko galdera-estrategia berri bat
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 2010 In this article we analyze some new Wh-question constructions that are found in the speech of navarro-labourdin young speakers. After reviewing the structure of the standard Wh-question formation strategy and that of the reinforced strategy which is ...
Maia Duguine, Aritz Irurtzun
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Non-local dependency in Mandarin wh-questions has been extensively researched in theoretical linguistics, but it remains an under-studied topic in the field of language processing.
Deran Kong, Yu-Yin Hsu
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Echo questions in Brazilian Portuguese
DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2019 Brazilian Portuguese (BP) can have the wh-element in-situ with two types of sentence intonation: (a) the rising intonation of a yes/no question, in which case it is interpreted as an echo question, and (b) the falling intonation, similar to that of a ...
Mary A. Kato
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An Investigation of the Information Structure of Wh-Questions in Modern Persian Based on Text [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2016 Wh-question words are linguistic devices which are either associated with the information structure of the sentences or are regarded as signs for the kind of information provided by the sentences.
Mohammad DabirMoghaddam +1 more
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Wh-in-situ in the Framework of the Minimalist Program
Natural Language Semantics, 1998 In the framework of the minimalist program, the assumption that wh-in-situ move covertly to be assigned wide scope is infeasible. Rather, it is assumed that they must be interpretable in situ, and that syntactic conditions like ‘superiority’ are effects of economy, which restricts overt rather than covert movement of a wh-element.
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Quirks of subject (non-)extraction in Igbo
Glossa, 2019 In this paper we present new data on a subject/non-subject extraction asymmetry in Igbo constituent questions. We provide evidence that the superficially morphological phenomenon reflects a deeper syntactic asymmetry: Unlike wh-non-subjects, wh-subjects ...
Doreen Georgi, Mary Amaechi
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PLoS ONE, 2023 The Mehri Language is an endangered language spoken in eastern Yemen, a sub-group of the Semitic language family, and a Southern Arabic language. The syntax of Mehri wh-questions has not been explored within minimalism; hence, there is a morpho-syntactic
Abdul-Hafeed Fakih +2 more
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Studies in African Linguistics, 2005 This paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages can be explained if it is ...
Peter Kinyua Muriungi
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Notes on Wh In Situ in French*
, 2012 Shlonsky, Ur. 2012. Notes on wh in situ in French. In Laura Brugè, Anna Cardinaletti, Giuliana Giusti, Nicola Munaro & Cecilia Poletto (eds.), Functional heads. The cartography of syntactic structures, vol. 7, 242–252. New York: Oxford University Press.
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