Investigating clausal wh-constructions in Romanian

Romanian has an articulated system of (non-)interrogative wh-clauses that look morphosyntactically similar or even identical to each other on the surface, while exhibiting striking differences in distribution and interpretation. Using a minimal set of criteria, tests and distinctions, this article p...

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Autores: Caponigro, Ivano, Falaus, Anamaria|||0000-0002-5771-9046
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:286366
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/286366
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.325
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Wh-clause
Wh-word
Romanian
Free relative clause
Correlative clause
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Resumo:Romanian has an articulated system of (non-)interrogative wh-clauses that look morphosyntactically similar or even identical to each other on the surface, while exhibiting striking differences in distribution and interpretation. Using a minimal set of criteria, tests and distinctions, this article presents the first systematic comparative overview of all clausal wh-constructions attested in Romanian. We show that none of these constructions can be reduced to any of the others and flesh out some of the challenges arising for a unified analysis of wh-constructions and wh-expressions.