Anti-contiguity : a theory of wh- prosody / Jason Kandybowicz.

"This book develops a theory of wh- prosody according to which wh- expressions must avoid forming prosodic constituents with overt complementizers at the level of Intonational Phrase. The theory is inspired by Richards' (2010, 2016) Contiguity Theory and is based empirically on asymmetries...

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Main Author: Kandybowicz, Jason (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2020]
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prosodic entanglement and the anti-contiguity of wh- and c
  • An anti-contiguity approach to Tano in-situ interrogative distribution
  • An anti-contiguity approach to Nupe interrogative distribution.