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Grammar of Q

Seth Cable
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      The Grammar of Q puts forth a novel syntactic and semantic analysis of wh-questions, one that is based upon in-depth study of the Tlingit language, an endangered and under-documented language of North America. A major consequence of this new approach is that the phenomenon classically dubbed "pied-piping" does not actually exist.Cable begins by arguing that wh-fronting in Tlingit does not involve a syntactic relationship between interrogative C and the wh-word. Rather, it involves a probe/Agree relation between C and an overt 'Q-particle' (or 'Q') c-commanding the wh-word. Fronting of the wh-word in Tlingit is a mere by-product of fronting the QP projected by this Q. From this core observation, he develops a syntax and semantics for Tlingit wh-questions.Given the strong similarity between the wh-constructions of Tlingit and those of more widely studied languages, Cable applies his analysis to a range of other languages and finds that such a 'Q-based' theory holds a number of interesting consequences in syntax and semantics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Seth Cable EAN: 9780195392272 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 382 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-10-16 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Na-Dene languages, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      The Grammar of Q puts forth a novel syntactic and semantic analysis of wh-questions, one that is based upon in-depth study of the Tlingit language, an endangered and under-documented language of North America. A major consequence of this new approach is that the phenomenon classically dubbed "pied-piping" does not actually exist.Cable begins by arguing that wh-fronting in Tlingit does not involve a syntactic relationship between interrogative C and the wh-word. Rather, it involves a probe/Agree relation between C and an overt 'Q-particle' (or 'Q') c-commanding the wh-word. Fronting of the wh-word in Tlingit is a mere by-product of fronting the QP projected by this Q. From this core observation, he develops a syntax and semantics for Tlingit wh-questions.Given the strong similarity between the wh-constructions of Tlingit and those of more widely studied languages, Cable applies his analysis to a range of other languages and finds that such a 'Q-based' theory holds a number of interesting consequences in syntax and semantics.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Seth Cable EAN: 9780195392272 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 382 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-10-16 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Na-Dene languages, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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