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

• Autore: Cable Seth
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Interrogative; Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order; Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- American Tlingit Orthography -- 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 Sá -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: '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' does not actually exist.
• Titolo autorizzato: The grammar of Q
• ISBN: 0-19-978027-7; 9786612712654; 0-19-539226-4; 1-282-71265-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958883103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in comparative syntax.