Peripheries in Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu :: the syntax of discourse-driven movement /

This research monograph is an investigation of wh-movement and wh-expletive constructions in the Indic languages Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu. It advances a novel theory of the periphery, or the clausal positions that mediate A-bar movement. In particular, a detailed study of wh-expletives and wh-expleti...

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1. Verfasser: Manetta, Emily
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Language faculty and beyond ; v. 4.
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Zusammenfassung:This research monograph is an investigation of wh-movement and wh-expletive constructions in the Indic languages Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu. It advances a novel theory of the periphery, or the clausal positions that mediate A-bar movement. In particular, a detailed study of wh-expletives and wh-expletive constructions reveals an underlying similarity of design between the A and A-bar systems, and indicates that the two can be understood as driven by the same basic set of mechanisms. The monograph offers an account of wh-movement and the clausal periphery in the two languages, informed by the late.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (160 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027286994
902728699X
1283174936
9781283174930

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