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Locality in WH Quantification

Questions and Relative Clauses in Hindi

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 62)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 1-17
  3. The Scope of Hindi WH

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 18-50
  4. Locality in Scope Marking

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 51-88
  5. Long-Distance List Answers

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 89-150
  6. Relativization Structures in Hindi

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 151-186
  7. Relative Clauses as Definites

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 187-219
  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Veneeta Dayal
    Pages 220-230
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 231-252

About this book

Locality in WH Quantification argues that Logical Form, the level that mediates between syntax and semantics, is derived from S-structure by strictly local movement. The primary data for the claim of locality at LF is drawn from Hindi but English data is used in discussing the semantics of questions and relative clauses. The book takes a cross-linguistic perspective showing how the Hindi and English facts can be brought to bear on the theory of universal grammar.
There are several phenomena generally thought to involve long-distance dependencies at LF, such as scope marking, long-distance list answers and correlatives. In this book they are handled by explicating novel types of local relationships that interrogative and relative clauses can enter. Amore articulated semantics is shown leading to a simpler syntax.
Among other issues addressed is the switch from uniqueness/maximality effects in single WH constructions to list readings in multiple WH constructions. These effects are captured by adapting the treatment of WH expressions as quantifying over functions to the cases of multiple WH questions and correlatives. List readings due to functional dependencies are systematically distinguished from those that are based on plurality.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

    Veneeta Dayal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Locality in WH Quantification

  • Book Subtitle: Questions and Relative Clauses in Hindi

  • Authors: Veneeta Dayal

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4808-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5478-9Published: 31 March 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4808-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Asian Languages

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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