Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 483 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 750 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 483 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 750 g
Reihe: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
ISBN: 978-90-272-2758-4
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
This volume is the first comprehensive overview of the syntax and semantics of wh-scope marking. Wh-scope marking constructions have recently received a lot of attention; their very existence and their intricate properties have important consequences for syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface (e.g., with respect to the wh-criterion, the wh-movement parameter, feature checking, the theory of locality, the interpretation of wh-phrases and why-chains, and the nature of LF). The fifteen contributions share the basic assumptions of the Chomskyan approach to syntax and the model-theoretic approach to semantics; they address a variety of languages (among them German, Hindi, Hungarian, English, Frisian, Kikuyu, and Malay). A recurrent theme in all articles is whether wh-scope marking should be analyzed in terms of a direct, indirect, or mixed dependency. The wealth of cross-linguistic empirical evidence and the theory-independent relevance of the conclusions should make this book the ultimate source of information on wh-scope marking for years to come.
