When a wh-word refuses to stay in situ

Arthur Stepanov (Author), Ali Al Moussaoui (Author)

Abstract

Richards (2010, 2016) suggests that a language’s choice between the wh-movement option and the wh-in-situ option is made on the basis of language-specific prosodic properties that determine whether or not a prosodic wh-domain containing both the interrogative C and the wh-phrase can be established. A wh-domain in this sense roughly corresponds to a piece of prosodic structure in which these two key elements are separated by as few prosodic boundaries as possible, ideally zero. Prosodic boundaries demarcate structural units of the sentence, known as Minor or Intermediate Phrases that may trivially or nontrivially correspond to syntactic constituents.

Keywords

prosodic domain;minor phrases;wh-in-situ;wh-movement;Lebanese Arabic;French;Italian;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2020
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC:	81'36
COBISS:	5596667
ISSN:	0024-3892
Views:	2146
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