Wh-Scope Marking.

LUTZ, Uli, Gereon MÜLLER and Arnim von STECHOW (eds.)

ISBN 10: 9027227586 / ISBN 13: 9789027227584

Verlag: John Benjamins, 2000

Beschreibung

489 pages. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __9027227586

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Wh-Scope Marking.
• Verlag: John Benjamins
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9027227586
• ISBN-13: 9789027227584
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

This volume is the first comprehensive overview of the syntax and semantics of wh-scope marking. Wh-scope marking constructions have recently received a lot of attention; their very existence and their intricate properties have important consequences for syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface (e.g., with respect to the wh-criterion, the wh-movement parameter, feature checking, the theory of locality, the interpretation of wh-phrases and why-chains, and the nature of LF). The fifteen contributions share the basic assumptions of the Chomskyan approach to syntax and the model-theoretic approach to semantics; they address a variety of languages (among them German, Hindi, Hungarian, English, Frisian, Kikuyu, and Malay). A recurrent theme in all articles is whether wh-scope marking should be analyzed in terms of a direct, indirect, or mixed dependency. The wealth of cross-linguistic empirical evidence and the theory-independent relevance of the conclusions should make this book the ultimate source of information on wh-scope marking for years to come.