Vietnamese Wh Phrases Syntax Semantics Interface by Tran Thuan (3 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Vietnamese wh-phrases and the syntax-semantics interface | A syntax-semantics analysis of quantificational variability of wh-phrases in Vietnamese from a cross-linguistic perspective | Thuan Tran | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639226867 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Autor/Autorin: TRAN THUANMA in Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Boston 1998 Visiting Fellow, Harvard University 2000-2002 Ph.D. in Theoretical Linguistics, University of Delaware 2009 Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Universi.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Many theories have been proposed to account for the fact that wh- phrases across languages can obtain various quantificational interpretations depending on the syntactic contexts where they occur. For example, Nishigauchi (1990) and Cheng (1991) hypothesize that wh-phrases are variables, and their quantificational forces derive from the binders that bind them. Their theories, however, do not provide a plausible answer to the island effects in wh-questions in Vietnamese given that in their theory there is no need for LF movement. To account for the Vietnamese data, their theories need to be revised. Namely, wh-phrases in Vietnamese are ambiguous between a quantifier interpretation and a variable interpretation. Based on Kratzer and Shimoyama (2002) I provide a unified analysis of wh-phrases, according to which a wh-phrase is a set of individual alternatives bound and assigned an interpretation by an alternative set taking operator. Yet, unlike Kratzer and Shimoyama (2002), I propose that LF movement is still required for scope interpretation and the moved wh-phrase functions as a scope marking operator.…