| Focus on Wh-Questions Contributor(s): Lubanska, Maja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820476781 ISBN-13: 9780820476780 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Slavic Languages (other) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 2005043561 |
| Series: European University Studies: Series 21, Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 157 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a minimalist study of wh-questions in Polish, which aims at providing a homogeneous account for the phenomena under consideration. The discussion is set against the hypothesis that wh-fronting in Polish targets Spec, CP]. The analysis relies on the idea that wh-movement applies for reasons of feature checking, as assumed by Chomsky (1993, 1995 ch. 3). The book offers an analysis of multiple wh-questions, wh-scope marking constructions and long-distance wh-extraction facts in Polish. The author argues that no overt wh-movement in the traditional sense takes place in Polish. Wh-fronting is triggered by the need to check a strong ]focus]-feature. It is shown that the analysis in terms of focus movement is well suited to capture the properties of interrogative constructions in Polish. |
