Modality force and syntax in an understudied class of reduced why-questions in English
This paper analyzes the syntactic and interpretive components of a frequently used but understudied type of reduced why-question in English, referred to as 'Why-VP', as in 'why take Structure of Japanese'? Using a substantial corpus of naturally occurring examples, it is argued t...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/870 |