The mapping of form and interpretation: the case of optional wh-movement in French

Mathieu, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2003.07.002

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“…9 The EPP property attracts the wh-phrase to the edge of C. Note that Chomsky (2005b) ascribes this function to the edge-feature EF that is automatically available for a lexical item (LI). 10 Note that for in situ wh an abstract Q-feature operator in CP was argued for by Cheng and Rooryck (2000), Mathieu (2004), and Hamann (2006). 11 A possible variant of the in situ analysis may involve a shorter movement to the edge of vP, with a subsequent Agree relation established with a feature in the C system.…”

Section: Direct Wh-questions From Embedded Clausesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring derivational complexity: New evidence from typically developing and SLI learners of L1 French

Jakubowicz

2011

Lingua

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Section: Direct Wh-questions From Embedded Clausesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring derivational complexity: New evidence from typically developing and SLI learners of L1 French

Jakubowicz

2011

Lingua

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117

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“…This view receives support from Mathieu's (2004) analysis of the informational structure of combien subextraction in French. He argues that the stranded nominal in combien subextraction contexts is a new topic, unlike a pied-piped nominal, which is part of focus.…”

Section: Wh-subextraction In Catalanmentioning

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Subextraction in Romance Interrogatives

Solà¹,

Gavarró²

2006

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

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In Gavarró & Solà (2004), we present evidence for non-target whsubextraction in child Catalan and provided an account in terms of Case theory. Our account crucially relies on a specific analysis of the Case licensing strategies available in adult Catalan, according to which Catalan does in fact permit wh-subextraction, although of a more restricted type than that attested in child Catalan. In this paper we aim to substantiate the analysis of adult grammar for wh-interrogatives, drawing from Kayne (2002) and arguing that wh-subextraction in Catalan is an instance of remnant movement. The paper proceeds as follows. First we consider the data on whsubextraction in the literature, from Romance languages and others, and summarise the original data on child Catalan from Gavarró & Solà (2004). Second, we review the analyses proposed for subextraction in the literature and point out some of their empirical and/or conceptual shortcomings. Third, we provide an analysis of the adult grammar of Catalan which can encompass the facts of child Catalan in a natural way and is also consistent with the facts from other languages. *

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“…Narrow scope and adjacency with a verbal head are properties reminiscent of those displayed by incorporated elements (see Bittner 1988, de Hoop 1992, van Geenhoven 1998, Farkas & de Swart 2003, and Mathieu 2004, 2006 for French), which are also characterized by the lack of number inflection or variation 5…”

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Number and Adjectives: the Case of French Activity and Quality Nominals*

Beauseroy¹,

Knittel²

2012

Studia Linguistica

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. This article examines the role of Number with regards to adjective distribution in French, and focuses on two kinds of abstract nouns: activity nominals and quality nominals. We show, based on proposals by Knittel (2005), that two patterns of adjectival modification must be distinguished, on both semantic and syntactic grounds: (i) taxonomic modification, which corresponds to the expression of subkinds, is independent from the presence of NumP; (ii) qualifying modification, which occurs only if NumP is present in the nominal structure. Taxonomic modifiers qualify as direct modifiers in the sense of Cinque (2010), whereas qualifying modifiers behave either as direct or as indirect modifiers. Finally, we account for the particular behavior that activity and quality nominals display with regards to adjectival modification by suggesting, along the lines of Borer (2005), that the Num head un(e) is responsible for the partitioning of the noun’s referent. This partitioning, in turn, enables the presence of a qualifying adjective.

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The mapping of form and interpretation: the case of optional wh-movement in French

Cited by 94 publications

References 37 publications

Measuring derivational complexity: New evidence from typically developing and SLI learners of L1 French

Measuring derivational complexity: New evidence from typically developing and SLI learners of L1 French

Subextraction in Romance Interrogatives

Number and Adjectives: the Case of French Activity and Quality Nominals*

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