On the Structure of A-Bar Constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of «Wh»-Questions and Fragment Answers

By Issah

This book provides an account of the structure of A-bar constructions, focusing on wh -questions and fragment answers in Dagbani, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Northern Ghana. It demonstrates that Dagbani wh -phrases occur in two distinct positions, ex-situ and in-situ , except for subject wh -phrases, which only occur in the former position. It provides a theoretical analysis of the distribution of the wh -phrases couched within minimalism (Chomsky 1995). Finally, the book gives an account of the structural correlation between wh -questions and their answers with the focus on the syntactic derivation of fragment answers. The author contends that the derivation of fragment answer involves two processes: A-bar movement together with PF-deletion

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631805489
• ISBN13: 9783631805480
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"