Detail On Wh-movement and the Nature of Wh-Phrases – Case Re-Examined   Oleh:  Zavitnevich-Beaulac, Olga Jenis: Article from Journal Dalam koleksi: SKASE: Journal of Theoretical Linguistics vol. 2 no. 3 (Mar. 2005), page 75-100. Fulltext: 06.pdf (241.64KB) Isi artikel The difference in wh-movement vs. wh-in-situ strategies in the formation of wh-questions cross-linguistically is often attributed to the fact that wh-elements differ in their morphological properties. This paper argues that wh-expressions are universally the same in that they are underspecified wh-proforms whose semantics/ quantificational force is undetermined while in a lexicon. Once selected for computation a wh-proform can be combined with another element (particle/suffix) resulting in interrogative, relative, existential or universal functional constructs. We argue that the driving force of wh-movement is the internal need of a [+ Q]-feature of a question operator to be in an appropriate position, where it can be interpreted at the interfaces. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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