Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
Q-Particles, Wh-Movement, and Pied-Piping
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
Reihe: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
ISBN: 978-0-19-539227-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The Grammar of Q puts forth a novel syntactic and semantic analysis of wh-questions, one that is based upon in-depth study of the Tlingit language, an endangered and under-documented language of North America. A major consequence of this new approach is that the phenomenon classically dubbed "pied-piping" does not actually exist.
Cable begins by arguing that wh-fronting in Tlingit does not involve a syntactic relationship between interrogative C and the wh-word. Rather, it involves a probe/Agree relation between C and an overt 'Q-particle' (or 'Q') c-commanding the wh-word. Fronting of the wh-word in Tlingit is a mere by-product of fronting the QP projected by this Q. From this core observation, he develops a syntax and semantics for Tlingit wh-questions.
Given the strong similarity between the wh-constructions of Tlingit and those of more widely studied languages, Cable applies his analysis to a range of other languages and finds that such a 'Q-based' theory holds a number of interesting consequences in syntax and semantics.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1.: Introduction
2.: Wh-Fronting and Q-Movement in Tlingit
3.: Applications to Wh-In-Situ Languages
4.: Applications to Other Wh-Fronting Languages, Pied-Piping and Intervention Effects
5.: Constraints on Pied-Piping and Secondary Wh-Fronting
6.: Conclusion
