The grammar of Q
Subtitle: Q-particles, WH-movement, and pied-piping
By: Seth Cable.
Series: Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780195392265; 9780195392272
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Description: 'The Grammar of Q' puts forth a novel syntactic and semantic analysis of wh-questions, based on an in-depth study of the Tlingit language, an endangered and under-documented Native American tongue. A major conclusion is that the phenomenon classically dubbed 'pied-piping' does not actually exist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.