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Locality in WH Quantification Questions and Relative Clauses in Hindi

Locality in WH Quantification argues that Logical Form, the level that mediates between syntax and semantics, is derived from S-structure by strictly local movement. The primary data for the claim of locality at LF is drawn from Hindi but English data is used in discussing the semantics of questions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dayal, Veneeta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Subjects:
Computational Linguistics
Asian Languages
Asia / Languages
Semiotics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Introduction
  • 1. Questions
  • 2. Relative Clauses
  • 3. Theoretical Assumptions
  • II: The Scope of Hindi WH
  • 1. Hindi in the Typology of Wh Movement
  • 2. LF Movement of Hindi Wh
  • 3. Overt Movement of Hindi Wh
  • 4. Alternatives to Subjacency at LF
  • Conclusion
  • III: Locality in Scope Marking
  • 1. The Syntax of Scope Marking
  • 2. The Semantics of Scope Marking
  • 3. Scope Marking Across Languages
  • 4. Implications for the Semantics of Questions
  • Conclusion
  • IV: Long-Distance List Answers
  • 1. The Problem of Locality
  • 2. The Semantics of Questions
  • 3. D-linking and Long-Distance Lists
  • 4. Plurality and Long-Distance Lists
  • Conclusion
  • V: Relativization Structures in Hindi
  • 1. Adjoined Relative Clauses
  • 2. Right Adjunction and Noun Modification
  • 3. Locality in Correlatives
  • Conclusion
  • VI: Relative Clauses as Definites
  • 1. A Semantics for Correlatives
  • 2. Multiple Wh Correlatives
  • 3. Apparent Exceptions to Uniqueness
  • 4. Relatives as Definites Across Languages
  • Conclusion
  • VII: Concluding Remarks
  • 1. A Summary
  • 2. The Nature of Logical Form
  • References
  • Author Index

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