Essays on the representational and derivational nature of grammar : the diversity of Wh-constructions /
This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar. The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Linguistic inquiry monographs ;
40. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=100032 |
| Summary: | This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar. The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of multiple wh- interrogative constructions, focusing on the workings of Superiority. Part II investigates the structure and derivation of relative constructions. The main languages discussed are Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, and English. The theoretical materials are in the generative grammar tradition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 289 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262267229 0262267225 0585482683 9780585482682 0262012006 0262511320 |