Trapped at the edge: On long-distance pair-list readings

Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen; Demirdache, Hamida

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2008.07.008

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“…In particular, I will show that covert whmovement can target positions other than interrogative C, in a pattern similar to one that has been argued for recently for overt multiple fronting languages such as Romanian in Cheng & Demirdache (2010) (based on data from Ratiu 2005;. I propose that this pattern is best explained if movement is triggered for the interpretational needs of the wh-phrase itself and not by an Attract operation triggered following Agreement between the interrogative probe on C and the wh.…”

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“…The crucial data for this paper will come from the interaction of intervention effects with English multiple questions in which the (phonologically) in-situ wh-phrase occurs inside a syntactic island. I take as my starting point the fact that multiple questions with islands can have pair-list readings, as illustrated in example (11) from Cheng & Demirdache (2010), who attribute the context in (11) to Chris Tancredi (p.c.). This is contrary to a claim by Dayal (2002) Quine will be offended if we invite Chomsky.…”

Section: Intervention Effects In Multiple Questions With Islandsmentioning

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“…First, let us re-examine example (11), repeated here as the slightly modified (13 Furthermore, configurations with three wh-phrases similar to those studied by Cheng & Demirdache (2010), where two wh-phrases are inside an island and one is outside, again exhibit intervention effects, diagnosed here by the loss of the list of triples reading, when an intervener occurs above the island (18a) but not when it is inside it (18b). This is again predicted by the generalization in (12) and is consistent with the behavior of multiple questions that we have seen in (15)- (17).…”

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“…As noted by Cheng & Demirdache (2010), citing Ratiu (2005;, a derivation of this form is overtly exemplified in multiple wh-questions in Romanian. Romanian is a multiple wh-fronting language, normally requiring all wh-phrases in a multiple question to overtly front to specifiers of interrogative C. However, in the presence of an island we observe a different behavior: wh cannot move outside an island, (28a), and it also cannot stay in its base-generated position, (28b).…”

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“…To my knowledge, this is not explained by any theory of intervention. See also Beck (1996); Kotek (2014) (Chierchia 1993;Dayal 1996;Reinhart 1998;Cheng & Demirdache 2010). Of these, only the Alternative Semantics approach has been used in current theories of intervention effects that account for the English data discussed in this paper (see Beck 2006;Kotek 2014).…”

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Covert partial <i>wh</i>-movement and the nature of derivations

Kotek

2016

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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Wh-movement is commonly thought to be caused by a syntactic probing operation, initiated by an interrogative probe on C, which triggers subsequent movement to the specifier of C. In this paper I argue that at least English covert wh-movement cannot be described in these terms. I argue instead that covert movement can target positions other than interrogative C, and that this movement is triggered by the interpretational needs of the wh-phrase itself, rather than the formal needs of interrogative C. Evidence will come from the interaction of English multiple whquestions with intervention effects: I document a pattern of intervention effects that is explained only if English in-situ wh-phrases can be interpreted at LF in non-interrogative intermediate positions.

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PartialWh‐Movement

Fanselow

2017

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, Second Edition

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Various strategies for questioning constituents of an embedded clause can be found in natural languages. The chapter focuses on the partial displacement of wh ‐phrases, in which the wh ‐phrase moves to the left but fails to reach its scope position. Constructions with partial movement are often characterized by further properties, such as the additional appearance of a scope marker or of the most unmarked wh ‐phrase in the scope position, or the leftward movement of the CP containing the partially moved wh ‐phrase to the scope position. The chapter presents a cross‐linguistic overview of the central characteristics of these constructions in the world's languages. One central theoretical issue that arises for partial movement is whether the construction is formed by means that are very similar to standard chain formation in the context of wh ‐movement, or whether the (near) synonymy of partial movement constructions and questions formed by wh ‐movement up to the scope position must be explained in a more indirect way. Another issue is whether the partial displacement of the wh ‐phrase is effected by wh ‐movement proper or by focus movement. The various theoretical proposals are presented in detail and evaluated against the cross‐linguistic generalizations about partial movement.

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MultipleWh‐Questions

Dayal

2017

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, Second Edition

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This study starts by highlighting the special role that multiple wh‐ questions play in our understanding of the syntax‐semantics interface. Wh‐ phrases require clausal scope under most semantic accounts but there is variation in whether this scope taking can be overt or covert. Multiple wh‐ questions are important because they can provide evidence of these two possibilities within a single language. On the semantic side, the survey pays attention to differences between functional, single‐pair, and multiple‐pair answers, as well as to the role of number morphology on wh‐ phrases. List answers have been particularly important as a diagnostic in claims regarding covert wh‐ movement out of syntactic islands. The survey examines this issue from two perspectives, one involving covert movement and one disallowing such movement. It draws attention to the configuration dubbed the wh‐ triangle and its central role in allowing list answers across islands. The two syntactic possibilities for scope taking have very different implications for semantics, which are explored here. Along with single and multiple pair answers, the survey also discusses the recently discovered trapped list answers. Another topic that is explored is the phenomenon of superiority and the role that D‐linking can play in ameliorating potential superiority violations. Intervention effects, where certain quantifiers block covert scope taking by wh‐ phrases, are discussed. Various studies have tried to account for the attested cross‐linguistic variation in both superiority and intervention and in this study we look at several of them.

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Trapped at the edge: On long-distance pair-list readings

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Covert partial <i>wh</i>-movement and the nature of derivations

Covert partial <i>wh</i>-movement and the nature of derivations

PartialWh‐Movement

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