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Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses (Hardcover)
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Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 83
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This volume examines subordinate wh-clauses that lack an
interrogative interpretation, particularly those in which the
wh-word seems to deviate from its literal meaning. These include
subordinate manner wh-clauses that have a declarative-like meaning,
locative wh-clauses expressing kinds, and headed relatives that
serve as recognitional cues, among many others. While regular
interrogative embedding has been widely studied in recent years,
little is known about the circumstances under which
non-interrogative (subordinate) wh-clauses are licensed, nor why
some, but not all, wh-phrases can be polyfunctional. The chapters
in the book combine the study of cross-linguistic variation in
patterns of subordination with formal semantic and syntactic
analyses, with data drawn from a wide range of languages including
Basque, Czech, English, Mandarin, Romanian, and Taiwan Southern
Min. They provide novel insights into the ways in which wh-phrases
can be used to introduce complements, relative clauses, and
adverbial clauses, and show how the meanings associated with
wh-words are exploited beyond their standard distribution. The
findings have implications for our understanding of both the
phenomenon of subordination as a whole and the relationship between
form and meaning in wh-clauses.
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