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1 online resource (vi, 289 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ; v. 64
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 64.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Multiple Wh-Fronting; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Introduction; Symmetries and asymmetries in multiple checking; On wh-islands and obligatory wh-movement contexts in South Slavic; On the nature of multiple fronting in Yiddish; On the morphosyntax of wh-movement; German is a multiple wh-fronting language!; Deriving Anti-Superiority effects; Conjoined questions in Hungarian; Persian wh-riddles; Non-wh-fronting in Basque; Malagasy as an optional multiple wh-fronting language. |
| Summary |
Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the "classic" multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malagasy, Persian, Yiddish), explorations for languages that don't obviously fall into this category (German, Hungarian), peripheral effects (optionality o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Extraction (Linguistics)
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Extraction (Linguistics) |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Boeckx, Cedric.
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Grohmann, Kleanthes K.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Multiple Wh-fronting. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003 902722787X 9789027227874 (DLC) 2003052267 (OCoLC)52381526 |
| ISBN |
9789027296467 (electronic book) |
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9027296464 (electronic book) |
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902722787X (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027227874 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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1588114198 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588114198 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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1282161199 |
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9781282161191 |
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