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Syntax, Semantics and Acquisition of Multiple Interrogatives

Lydia Dr Grebenyova

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Description:Multiple interrogatives, questions with multiple wh-phrases (e.g. "Who bought what?"), have long presented analytical challenges for linguistic theory. This monograph presents a new theoretical and experimental study of this construction. The theoretical findings concern the interaction between superiority effects, subject-auxiliary inversion, and the distribution of pair-list and single-pair readings cross-linguistically. The author examines multiple interrogatives under sluicing (i.e. clausal ellipsis), presenting new arguments for the deletion analysis of sluicing. The author also reports the results of several experimental studies on how children acquire the language-specific properties of multiple interrogatives in English, Russian, and Malayalam. The results suggest a correlation between the acquisition of multiple interrogatives and the acquisition of contrastive focus, which has been independently motivated in the syntactic literature. The monograph will be of interest to linguists concerned with syntax, semantics, and language acquisition, as well as readers who are interested in a comprehensive theory of language in general.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Syntax, Semantics and Acquisition of Multiple Interrogatives. To get started finding Syntax, Semantics and Acquisition of Multiple Interrogatives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 209

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1283894882

Description: Multiple interrogatives, questions with multiple wh-phrases (e.g. "Who bought what?"), have long presented analytical challenges for linguistic theory. This monograph presents a new theoretical and experimental study of this construction. The theoretical findings concern the interaction between superiority effects, subject-auxiliary inversion, and the distribution of pair-list and single-pair readings cross-linguistically. The author examines multiple interrogatives under sluicing (i.e. clausal ellipsis), presenting new arguments for the deletion analysis of sluicing. The author also reports the results of several experimental studies on how children acquire the language-specific properties of multiple interrogatives in English, Russian, and Malayalam. The results suggest a correlation between the acquisition of multiple interrogatives and the acquisition of contrastive focus, which has been independently motivated in the syntactic literature. The monograph will be of interest to linguists concerned with syntax, semantics, and language acquisition, as well as readers who are interested in a comprehensive theory of language in general.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Syntax, Semantics and Acquisition of Multiple Interrogatives. To get started finding Syntax, Semantics and Acquisition of Multiple Interrogatives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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