Wh-movement and the theory of feature-checking /:

Wh-movement and the theory of feature-checking argues that cross-linguistic variation in wh-constructions reduces to the availability of different lexical instantiations of a +wh C0 both across languages and within a single language, and the way in which such lexical elements are syntactically ident...

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1. Verfasser: Simpson, Andrew, 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung:Wh-movement and the theory of feature-checking argues that cross-linguistic variation in wh-constructions reduces to the availability of different lexical instantiations of a +wh C0 both across languages and within a single language, and the way in which such lexical elements are syntactically identified, either via movement or base-generation. Evidence from a wide range of patterns including wh-expletive questions leads to the conclusion that wh-feature checking may sometimes be effected non-locally and 'at a distance' (long-distance wh-agreement), and that movement in general takes place for.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 244 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
ISBN:9789027298447
9027298440
9781556198564
1556198566

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