Wh-Scope Marking (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)

By Uli Lutz

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027227586
• ISBN13: 9789027227584
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 9.7"