2020
DOI: 10.31513/linguistica.2020.v16nesp.a38048
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On the readings of pourquoi in wh-questions

Abstract: The literature on wh-items such as why in English points out that this element can be associated with two readings, reason and purpose. Following Reinhart’s (2003) typology for causal relations between two events, Tsai (2008) assumes that the semantics of reason involves a relation called Enable, according to which one event is a necessary condition for the other. On the other hand, purpose reading involves a Motivate relation, in which one event either enables or causes the other, mediated by a mental state. … Show more

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