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On the structure of A-bar constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of "wh"-questions and fragment answers (Hardcover, New edition) Loot Price: R1,534
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On the structure of A-bar constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of "wh"-questions and fragment answers (Hardcover, New...

On the structure of A-bar constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of "wh"-questions and fragment answers (Hardcover, New edition)

Samuel Alhassan Issah

Series: Schriften Zur Afrikanistik - Research in African Studies, 30

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This book provides an account of the structure of A-bar constructions, focusing on wh-questions and fragment answers in Dagbani, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Northern Ghana. It demonstrates that Dagbani wh-phrases occur in two distinct positions, ex-situ and in-situ, except for subject wh-phrases, which only occur in the former position. It provides a theoretical analysis of the distribution of the wh-phrases couched within minimalism (Chomsky 1995). Finally, the book gives an account of the structural correlation between wh-questions and their answers with the focus on the syntactic derivation of fragment answers. The author contends that the derivation of fragment answer involves two processes: A-bar movement together with PF-deletion

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Imprint: Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Schriften Zur Afrikanistik - Research in African Studies, 30
Release date: May 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Samuel Alhassan Issah
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-3-631-80548-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
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LSN: 3-631-80548-9
Barcode: 9783631805480

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