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

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

General

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
LSN:	3-631-80548-9
Barcode:	9783631805480

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