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On the Typology of Wh-questions
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Lisa Lai Shen Cheng
Categories: Grammar, Comparative and general
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Offers an explanation for a long-standing question in the typological distinction among languages with respect to formation of interrogatives which use question
Unique Focus
Language: en
Pages: 202
Authors: Marina Stoyanova
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-10 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This monograph focuses on an interesting typological property shared by four languages: the ungrammaticality of multiple wh-questions in Irish, Berber, Italian
Multiple Wh-Fronting
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Cedric Boeckx
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-08-21 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contribut
A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond
Language: en
Pages: 546
Authors: Andreas Hölzl
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-29 - Publisher: Language Science Press

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This study investigates the distribution of linguistic and specifically structural diversity in Northeast Asia (NEA), defined as the region north of the Yellow
Prosodic Typology II
Language: en
Pages: 605
Authors: Sun-Ah Jun
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This text illustrates an approach to prosodic typology through descriptions of the intonation and the prosodic structure of 13 typologically different languages