Wh-scope-marking in Tamil
This study shows that Tamil exhibits wh-scope-marking constructions that share general properties with those found in other languages such as German and Hindi. In the literature, wh-scope-marking has been analyzed such that the embedded question functions as a restriction on the matrix propositional...
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Published in | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 5956 |
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DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v10i1.5956 |
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Abstract | This study shows that Tamil exhibits wh-scope-marking constructions that share general properties with those found in other languages such as German and Hindi. In the literature, wh-scope-marking has been analyzed such that the embedded question functions as a restriction on the matrix propositional wh-phrase, with the two forming a constituent in the underlying structure. However, this constituent structure has been motivated solely on semantic grounds and lacks direct syntactic support. I argue that Tamil wh-scope-marking provides syntactic support for the constituency between the matrix wh-phrase and the embedded questoin, using a Proper Binding Condition (PBC) effect as a diagnostic. These findings thus provide empirical support for the constituent structure assumed in previous semantic analyses and help bridge the gap between syntax and semantics in the analysis of wh-scope-marking. |
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AbstractList | This study shows that Tamil exhibits wh-scope-marking constructions that share general properties with those found in other languages such as German and Hindi. In the literature, wh-scope-marking has been analyzed such that the embedded question functions as a restriction on the matrix propositional wh-phrase, with the two forming a constituent in the underlying structure. However, this constituent structure has been motivated solely on semantic grounds and lacks direct syntactic support. I argue that Tamil wh-scope-marking provides syntactic support for the constituency between the matrix wh-phrase and the embedded questoin, using a Proper Binding Condition (PBC) effect as a diagnostic. These findings thus provide empirical support for the constituent structure assumed in previous semantic analyses and help bridge the gap between syntax and semantics in the analysis of wh-scope-marking. |
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