Wh-islands in degree questions: A semantic approach

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 09 Sep 2011Publisher:Linguistic Society of AmericaJournal:Semantics and Pragmatics, volume 4 (eissn: 1937-8912,

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Authors: Márta Abrusán;

doi: 10.3765/sp.4.5

Wh-islands in degree questions: A semantic approach

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It is proposed that wh-islands with degree questions are unacceptable because they cannot be given a most informative true answer. Wh-islands thus are shown to be similar to other cases of weak islands which have been argued to result from Maximization Failure, in particular negative islands (cf. Fox & Hackl 2007). Permanent DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/sp.4.5 BibTeX info

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Language and Literature, degree semantics, question-embedding verbs, P, P325-325.5, questions, weak islands, Semantics

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