Difference between revisions of "Pied Piping"
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Latest revision as of 15:13, 6 October 2013
- Cò air a bha an ad?
- Cò leis a tha am bata "who owns the stick"
- Cò aige a tha am bata "who has the stick"
Preposition stranding
Cò bhruidhinn thu ris? who speak.pst 2sg to.def 'Who did you speak to?'
Cò an cànanaich' a bhruidhinn thu ris? who the linguist wh-C speak.pst 2sg to.def 'Which linguist did you speak to?'
Pied-piping
Less natural compared to the preposition stranding version; Stress on cò is required; only possible with an echo question reading.
Rì cò a bhruidhinn thu? to who wh-C speak.pst 2sg 'To whom did you speak?'
Ri cò an cànanaich' a bhruidhinn thu ris? to who the teacher wh-C speak.pst 2sg 'To which teacher did you speak?'
Pied-piping Inversion
The preposition must be definite.
Cò ris a bhruidhinn thu? who to wh-C speak.pst 2sg 'Who to did you speak?'
*Cò rì a bhruidhinn thu who to wh-C speak.pst 2sg
Cò an tidsear ris a bhruidhinn thu? who the teacher to.def wh-C speak.pst 2sg 'Which teacher to did you speak?'
*Cò an tidsear ri a bhruidhinn thu? who the teacher to wh-C speak.pst 2sg
