32.1380, Books: Romance Interrogative Syntax: Bonan

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:38:17
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Romance Interrogative Syntax: Bonan

 


Title: Romance Interrogative Syntax 
Subtitle: Formal and typological dimensions of variation 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 266  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.266 


Author: Caterina Bonan

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260123 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260123 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260123 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208453 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208453 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208453 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

This monograph offers an innovative understanding of the mechanisms involved
in Romance ‘optional’ wh-in situ. New supporting evidence in favour of Cable’s
(2010) Grammar of Q is presented, as well as novel implementations of his
original theory. In particular, it is claimed that wh-in situ idioms are
characterised not only by language-specific choices between Q-projection and
Q-adjunction, and between overt and covert movement of Q, but also in terms of
the locus where they check the features relevant to wh-questions: while some
languages check both [q] and [focus] in C, others make use of the
clause-internal vP-periphery to check [focus]. Thanks to the vast amount of
data presented and discussed, along with the predictions and theoretical
contributions made, this monograph will be of interest to a wide range of
specialists in human language, from typologists to Romance specialists and
formal syntacticians, but also to the many experts in languages with overt
Q-particles who wonder why Romance specialists have long been so resistant to
the implementation of silent Q-particles in their theoretical models.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Romance


Written In: English  (eng)

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