The Even Yearbook 12 (2016)

volume: 12 (2016)
pages: 65–92
author: Mark Newson
title: A Late Insertion Approach to English Quantified Wh-Interrogatives in the Syntax First Framework
keywords: quantified wh-interrogatives, late lexical insertion, alignment syntax, optimality theory
abstract: Certain multiple wh-constructions involve one or more of the wh-expressions interpreted as universal quantifiers. Newson and Kucsera (2016) analyse these as containing underlying quantifiers which are realised as wh-expressions rather than underlying wh-operators which are reinterpreted as quantifiers. This works well for Hungarian because these wh-expressions behave like quantifiers syntactically. In English, however, these wh-expressions behave more like wh-operators, despite their quantifier interpretation. The present paper demonstrates that this difference between Hungarian and English is only apparent and that these constructions in both languages can be analysed similarly, with minor points of variation.
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@article{even16ne,
  author  = {Mark Newson},
  title   = {A {L}ate {I}nsertion {A}pproach to {E}nglish {Q}uantified {W}h-{I}nterrogatives in the {S}yntax {F}irst {F}ramework},
  year    = 2016,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 12,
  pages   = {65–92},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/16ne}
}
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Newson, Mark. 2016. A Late Insertion Approach to English Quantified Wh-Interrogatives in the Syntax First Framework. The Even Yearbook 12: 65–92. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/16ne