On the structure of A-bar constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of «wh»-questions and fragment answers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book provides an account of the structure of A-bar constructions, focusing on wh-questions and fragment answers in Dagbani, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Northern Ghana. It demonstrates that Dagbani wh-phrases occur in two distinct positions, ex-situ and in-situ, except for subject wh-phrases, which only occur in the former position. It provides a theoretical analysis of the distribution of the wh-phrases couched within minimalism (Chomsky 1995). Finally, the book gives an account of the structural correlation between wh-questions and their answers with the focus on the syntactic derivation of fragment answers. The author contends that the derivation of fragment answer involves two processes: A-bar movement together with PF-deletion

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-13
Mått:148 x 210 x 0 mm
Vikt:382 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Schriften Zur Afrikanistik - Research in African Studies
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Peter Lang AG
ISBN:9783631805480

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Mer om författaren

Samuel Alhassan Issah is a senior lecturer at the College of Languages Education, University of Education, Winneba/Ghana. He holds a PhD in linguistics awarded by the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and a Master of Philosophy in Theoretical Linguistics awarded by the University of Tromsoe, Norway. His research interests include information structure (focus realizations) of Dagbani and related languages, structure of Dagbani and related languages, the syntax of elliptical phenomena, and the syntax of anaphoric expressions.

Innehållsförteckning

General introductionThe grammar of the Dagbani interrogative DPThe syntax of Dagbani ex-situ wh-questionsA syntactic analysis of Dagbani wh-in-situquestionsConstraints on wh-movement in DagbanOn the syntax of answers to wh-questions and the derivation of fragment answersSummary and conclusions