Composing Questions
An investigation of the syntax and semantics of wh-questions through the lens of intervention effects, offering a new proposal on overt and covert wh-movement.In this book, Hadas Kotek investigates the syntax and semantics of wh-questions, offering a new solution to a central question in the study of interrogatives: given that overt wh-movement is cross-linguistically common, is syntactic movement a prerequisite for the interpretation of wh-phrases? Some linguists argue that all wh-phrases undergo movement to interrogative C, even if covertly; others propose mechanisms of in-situ interpretation that do not require any movement. Les mer
Logg inn for å se din bonus
Detaljer
- Forlag
- The MIT Press
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 232
- ISBN
- 9780262351065
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Serie
-
Linguistic Inquiry Monographs