Wh-questions - Revision history

Jhchoi at 22:07, 6 September 2013

2013-09-06T22:07:09Z

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[[Category: Questions]]
[[Category: Syntax]]

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	[[Category: Questions]]		[[Category: Questions]]
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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.'

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−	*Dè daight a tha ann an diugh? What is the date today?
−	*Dè latha a tha ann an diugh? What day is it today?
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+*Dè daight a tha ann an diugh? What is the date today?
-Dè daight a tha ann an diugh? What is the date today?
+*Dè latha a tha ann an diugh?  What day is it today?
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		+	Dè daight a tha ann an diugh? What is the date today?
		+	Dè latha a tha ann an diugh? What day is it today?
	[[Category: Questions]]		[[Category: Questions]]
	[[Category: Syntax]]		[[Category: Syntax]]