Locality in WH Quantification argues that Logical Form, the level
that mediates between syntax and semantics, is derived from
S-structure by local movement. The primary data for the claim of
locality at LF is drawn from Hindi but English data is used in
discussing the semantics of questions and relative clauses. The
book takes a cross-linguistic perspective showing how the Hindi and
English facts can be brought to bear on the theory of universal
grammar. There are several phenomena generally thought to involve
long-distance dependencies at LF, such as scope marking,
long-distance list answers and correlatives. In this book they are
handled by explicating novel types of local relationships that
interrogative and relative clauses can enter. A more articulated
semantics is shown leading to a simpler syntax. Among other issues
addressed is the switch from uniqueness/maximality effects in
single wh constructions to list readings in multiple wh
constructions. These effects are captured by adapting the treatment
of wh expressions as quantifying over functions to the cases of
multiple wh questions and correlatives. List readings due to
functional dependencies are systematically distinguished from those
that are based on plurality.
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