Intervention Effects in Alternative Questions
Abstract Alternative questions exhibit intervention effects, in that the disjunctive phrase may not be c-commanded by a focusing or quantificational element. This seems to hold crosslinguistically. We provide an analysis of this phenomenon that combines a focus semantic explanation of intervention effects in questions with an analysis of alternative questions in which the disjunctive phrase makes available appropriate alternatives in a way similar to a wh-phrase. We point out consequences for the analysis of intervention as well as for the analysis of alternative questions. We also note intere... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | The journal of comparative Germanic linguistics |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Anmerkungen: | © Springer Science+Business Media 2006 |
| ISSN: | 1383-4924 |
| Weitere Identifikatoren: | doi: 10.1007/s10828-006-9005-2 |
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Abstract Alternative questions exhibit intervention effects, in that the disjunctive phrase may not be c-commanded by a focusing or quantificational element. This seems to hold crosslinguistically. We provide an analysis of this phenomenon that combines a focus semantic explanation of intervention effects in questions with an analysis of alternative questions in which the disjunctive phrase makes available appropriate alternatives in a way similar to a wh-phrase. We point out consequences for the analysis of intervention as well as for the analysis of alternative questions. We also note interesting further issues pertaining to the semantic contribution of dis- junction.