Wh-Scope Marking

Editors

Uli Lutz

| Universität Tübingen

Gereon Müller

| Universität Tübingen

Arnim von Stechow

| Universität Tübingen

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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.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 37] 2000. vi, 483 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.37

Table of Contents

Introduction Uli Lutz, Gereon Müller and Arnim von Stechow	1–16
Wh-Scope Marking: Direct vs. Indirect Dependency Sigrid Beck and Stephen Berman	17–44
Scope Marking and Calusal Typing Ellen Brandner	45–75
Moving Just the Feature Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng	77–99
Partial Wh-Movement: Evidence from Malay Peter Cole and Gabriella Hermon	101–139
On the Wh-Expletive Was in German Franz-Josef d'Avis	131
Scope Marking: Cross-Linguistic Variation In Indirect Dependency Veneeta Dayal	157–193
Towards a Minimalist Theory of Wh-Expletives, Wh-Copying, and Successive Cyclicity Gisbert Fanselow and Anoop K. Mahajan	195–230
Towards a Superior Account of Superiority Hubert Haider	231–248
The W-… W- Construction: Appositive or Scops Indicating? Tilman N. Höhle	249–270
On the Syntax of “Wh-Scope Marker” Constructions: Some Comparative Evidence Julia Horvath	271–316
Towards a Unified Treatment of Wh-Expletives in Hindi and German Anoop K. Mahajan	317–332
Absolute and Relative. On Scope in German Wh-Sentences, W- … W-Constructions Included Jürgen Pafel	333–358
On the Parenthetical Features of German. Was… W-Constructions and How to Account for them Marga Reis	359–407
Partial Wh-Movement and the Typology of Wh-Questions Joachim Sabel	409–446
Partial Wh-Movement, Scope marking, and Transparent Logical Form Arnim von Stechow	447–478
Index	479–483

“The present volume is unique in that it represents the most thorough and systematic crosslinguistic investigation of wh-scope marking constructions available to date. The book has been carefully edited and contains a useful index, and the articles are well cross-referenced. Both the extent of empirical coverage and the depth of analysis provided by this volume are impressive.”

Claudia Felser (University of Essex) in Journal of Germanic Linguistics 13:3, 2001

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Subjects

Linguistics

Generative linguistics

Syntax

Semantics

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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