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| + | Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12)) | ||
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| + | :{| | ||
| + | |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?' | ||
| + | |} | ||
| − | Dè | + | Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)). |
| − | Dè | + | :{| |
| − | + | |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 15:07, 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.'
