On the Necessity of Overt and Covert Scrambling of Whs-in-situ

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Yeun Jin Jung
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제29권 제1호, 61~95쪽, 전체 35쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.02.28

영문 초록

This paper is an attempt to seek an answer to the long-standing query of why a wh-in-situ moves in wh-in-situ languages. I propose, primarily based on Korean, that a wh-in-situ moves overtly or covertly for its own interpretational need, utilizing the typical scrambling strategy available in wh-in-situ languages, which is in principle independent of the formal need of interrogative C. More specifically, it is argued, assuming that the wh-operator in Korean is a wh-C rather than a wh-phrase, that overt wh-scrambling is triggered by a wh-phrase’s need to receive emphatic focus interpretation via labeling at the left periphery of T/v, whereas covert wh-scrambling is triggered by a wh-phrase’s need to attain proper focus alternative computation which should be possible in situ otherwise. Evidence for the current claim will come from the interaction of different types of wh-constructions with focus criterial freezing effects, focus intervention effects, and focus degravitation effects.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Overt Wh-scrambling and Focus Criterial Freezing Effects

3. Covert Wh-scrambling, Focus Intervention Effects, and Focus Degravitation Effects

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

overt/covert wh-scrambling multiple wh-questions coordinated multiple wh-questions focus criterial freezing effects focus intervention effects focus degravitation effects