The grammar of Q : Q-particles, WH-movement, and pied-piping

The grammar of Q : Q-particles, WH-movement, and pied-piping /

'The Grammar of Q' puts forth a novel syntactic & semantic analysis of wh-questions, based on an in-depth study of the Tlingit language, an endangered & under-documented Native American tongue. A major conclusion is that the phenomenon classically dubbed 'pied-piping' doe...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Cable, Seth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Interrogative.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Word order.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Tlingit language.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Languages, Modern > Word order.
Tlingit (language)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The central claim and the main character
  • 1.2 Some classic assumptions in the theory of Wh-questions
  • 1.3 Tlingit Wh-questions force a new approach
  • 1.4 Two broader consequences for grammatical theory
  • 1.5 The overarching research project, and Further Major Consequences
  • 2. Wh-Fronting and Q-Movement in Tlingit
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Relevant Background Regarding the Tlingit language
  • 2.3 The behavior of Wh-words in Tlingit Wh-questions
  • 2.4 Q-particles in Tlingit Wh-questions: The formal status of S225;
  • 2.5 Wh-fronting in Tlingit as a consequence of Q-movement
  • 2.6 The QP-intervention condition
  • 2.7 A semantics for Tlingit Wh-words and Q-particles
  • 3. Applications to Wh-in Situ languages
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The nature of Wh-in Situ languages
  • 3.3 The semantics of Wh-inde. nites and Wh-questions in Wh-in Situ languages
  • 3.4 The theory of LF/focus intervention effects
  • 4. Applications to other Wh-fronting languages, pied-piping, and intervention effects
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The generality of the Q-based structure: some initial motivation
  • 4.3 Some initial applications to the theory of pied-piping structures
  • 4.4 Intervention effects and superiority effects in Wh-fronting languages
  • 5. Constraints on pied-piping and secondary Wh-fronting
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Q/Wh-agreement and the constraints on pied-piping
  • 5.3 Further results regarding pied-piping
  • 5.4 Secondary Wh-fronting
  • 5.5 Massive pied-piping and its constraints
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The syntax and semantics of other A-bar movements
  • 6.3 Free relatives.

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