Focus and reconstruction effects in wh-phrases
This dissertation investigates the semantics and LF-representation of wh-phrases by attending to two phenomena: the effect of Focus in wh-phrases and reconstructed readings ofwh-phrases. First, I exploit the semantics of Focus to show how certain peculiarities of Sluicing follow without the need for...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1998
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9909213 |