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+ | Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12)) | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Cò | ||
+ | |a | ||
+ | |bha | ||
+ | |sgith? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |who | ||
+ | |C.REL | ||
+ | |be.PST | ||
+ | |tired | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan="2"| 'Who was tired?' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Equative wh-question when the subject is a wh-element ((Adger and Ramchand 2005:(15)) | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Cò | ||
+ | |an | ||
+ | |tidsear? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |who | ||
+ | |the | ||
+ | |teacher | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan="2"| 'Who is the teacher?' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pied-piped wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(21)) | ||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Dè | ||
+ | |an | ||
+ | |seòrsa | ||
+ | |tidsear | ||
+ | |a | ||
+ | |tha | ||
+ | |annad? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |what | ||
+ | |the | ||
+ | |sort | ||
+ | |teacher | ||
+ | |C.REL | ||
+ | |is | ||
+ | |in + you | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan="2"| 'What sort of teacher are you?' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)). | ||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Dè | ||
+ | |a' | ||
+ | |chraobh | ||
+ | |a | ||
+ | |bha | ||
+ | |thu | ||
+ | |a'geàrradh? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |which | ||
+ | |the | ||
+ | |tree.NOM | ||
+ | |C.REL | ||
+ | |be.PST | ||
+ | |you | ||
+ | |cutting | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan="2"| 'Which tree were you cutting?' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | The sentence becomes ungrammatical with genietive marking on the noun inside the wh-phrase (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)), | ||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Dè | ||
+ | |a' | ||
+ | |chraobhe | ||
+ | |a | ||
+ | |bha | ||
+ | |thu | ||
+ | |a'geàrradh? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |which | ||
+ | |the | ||
+ | |tree.GEN | ||
+ | |C.REL | ||
+ | |be.PST | ||
+ | |you | ||
+ | |cutting | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |colspan="2"| 'Which tree were you cutting?' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | although the object noun is marked with genitive in declaratives (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(30)) | ||
+ | :{| | ||
+ | |Bha | ||
+ | |thu | ||
+ | |a'geàrradh | ||
+ | |na | ||
+ | |craoibhe. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |be.PST | ||
+ | |you | ||
+ | |cutting | ||
+ | |the | ||
+ | |tree.GEN | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |coldspan="2"| 'You were cutting the tree.' |
Latest revision as of 16:07, 6 September 2013
Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12))
Cò a bha sgith? who C.REL be.PST tired 'Who was tired?'
Equative wh-question when the subject is a wh-element ((Adger and Ramchand 2005:(15))
Cò an tidsear? who the teacher 'Who is the teacher?'
Pied-piped wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(21))
Dè an seòrsa tidsear a tha annad? what the sort teacher C.REL is in + you 'What sort of teacher are you?'
Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)).
Dè a' chraobh a bha thu a'geàrradh? which the tree.NOM C.REL be.PST you cutting 'Which tree were you cutting?'
The sentence becomes ungrammatical with genietive marking on the noun inside the wh-phrase (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)),
Dè a' chraobhe a bha thu a'geàrradh? which the tree.GEN C.REL be.PST you cutting 'Which tree were you cutting?'
although the object noun is marked with genitive in declaratives (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(30))
Bha thu a'geàrradh na craoibhe. be.PST you cutting the tree.GEN 'You were cutting the tree.'