The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions

This abstract attempts to provide an explanation for the wellknown constraint, pervasive in the Romance languages, which disallows the subject in wh-questions to intervene between a wh-phrase and the verb. It is suggested that the difference stems from a fundamental structural difference between the...

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Autor: Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Clitics
Syntax
Interrogatives-qu
Sintaxi
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spelling The Cl(itic) Projection in QuestionsZubizarreta, Maria LuisaWh-questionsCliticsSyntaxInterrogatives-quSintaxiThis abstract attempts to provide an explanation for the wellknown constraint, pervasive in the Romance languages, which disallows the subject in wh-questions to intervene between a wh-phrase and the verb. It is suggested that the difference stems from a fundamental structural difference between the two types of languages. Romance, unlike English, projects an abstract Cl(itic) category above TP. Cl is an abstract operator whose function is to «externalize» an argument of a verb v with respect to the tense associated with v. Cl is identified by rich agreement or a clitic morpheme, which accounts for the presence of such a category in Romance and its absence in English. It is then argued that the projection of a Cl-operator between CP and IP in wh-questions gives rise to a minimality effect. The appendix deals with some cases of clitic-doubling of non-specific wh-phrases in modal contexts and suggests that the clitic (associated to Cl) functions as an E-type pronoun in such cases.En aquest article s'intenta explicar una restricció força coneguda, molt freqüent a les llengües romàniques, que fa que el subjecte a les interrogatives-qu no pugui intervenir entre un mot-qu i el verb. Es suggereix que la diferència prové d'una diferència estructural fonamental entre dos tipus de llengües. A les llengües romàniques, a diferència de l'anglès, es projecta una categoria abstracta Cl(ític) per sobre del ST. El Cl és un operador abstracte la funció del qual és la d'«externalitzar» un argument d'un verb v respecte al temps associat amb v. El Cl s'identifica per la con-cordança rica o un morfema clític, que dóna compte de la presència d'aquesta categoria a les llengües romàniques i la seva absència en l'anglès. Es defensa que la projecció d'un operador-Cl entre el SC i el SI a les interrogatives-qu dóna lloc a un efecte de minimitat. A l'apèndix es tracten alguns casos de doblament de clític de mots-qu no específics en contextos modals i s'apunta que el clític (associat amb Cl) funciona com un pronom de tipus-E en aquests casos. 11999-01-0119991999-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/2214reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:22142026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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title The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
spellingShingle The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa
Wh-questions
Clitics
Syntax
Interrogatives-qu
Sintaxi
title_short The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
title_full The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
title_fullStr The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
title_full_unstemmed The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
title_sort The Cl(itic) Projection in Questions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa
author Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa
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Clitics
Syntax
Interrogatives-qu
Sintaxi
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Clitics
Syntax
Interrogatives-qu
Sintaxi
description This abstract attempts to provide an explanation for the wellknown constraint, pervasive in the Romance languages, which disallows the subject in wh-questions to intervene between a wh-phrase and the verb. It is suggested that the difference stems from a fundamental structural difference between the two types of languages. Romance, unlike English, projects an abstract Cl(itic) category above TP. Cl is an abstract operator whose function is to «externalize» an argument of a verb v with respect to the tense associated with v. Cl is identified by rich agreement or a clitic morpheme, which accounts for the presence of such a category in Romance and its absence in English. It is then argued that the projection of a Cl-operator between CP and IP in wh-questions gives rise to a minimality effect. The appendix deals with some cases of clitic-doubling of non-specific wh-phrases in modal contexts and suggests that the clitic (associated to Cl) functions as an E-type pronoun in such cases.
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