Essays on the Representational and Derivational Nature of Grammar : The Diversity of Wh-Constructions Volume 40 Hardback
by Joseph E. Aoun, Yen-hui Audrey (University of Southern California) Li
Part of the Linguistic Inquiry Monographs series
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Description
This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar.The book is divided into two parts.
Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of multiple wh- interrogative constructions, focusing on the workings of Superiority.
Part II investigates the structure and derivation of relative constructions.
The main languages discussed are Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, and English.
The theoretical materials are in the generative grammar tradition.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:301 pages
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:09/05/2003
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- ISBN:9780262012003
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:301 pages
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:09/05/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780262012003