Focus on "Wh"-Questions
This book is a minimalist study of wh -questions in Polish, which aims at providing a homogeneous account for the phenomena under consideration. The discussion is set against the hypothesis that wh -fronting in Polish targets [Spec, CP]. The analysis relies on the idea that wh -movement applies for reasons of feature checking, as assumed by Chomsky (1993, 1995 ch. 3). The book offers an analysis of multiple wh- questions, wh -scope marking constructions and long-distance wh -extraction facts in Polish. The author argues that no overt wh -movement in the traditional sense takes place in Polish. Wh -fronting is triggered by the need to check a strong [+focus]-feature. It is shown that the analysis in terms of focus movement is well suited to capture the properties of interrogative constructions in Polish.
| Autor: | Lubanska, Maja |
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| EAN: | 9783631535035 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 160 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang |
| Untertitel: | Dissertationsschrift |
| Schlagworte: | Chomsky, Noam Polnisch Russisch Serbokroatisch |
| Größe: | 148 × 210 |
| Gewicht: | 220 g |
