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OverviewThis book provides an account of the structure of A-bar constructions, focusing on wh-questions and fragment answers in Dagbani, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Northern Ghana. It demonstrates that Dagbani wh-phrases occur in two distinct positions, ex-situ and in-situ, except for subject wh-phrases, which only occur in the former position. It provides a theoretical analysis of the distribution of the wh-phrases couched within minimalism (Chomsky 1995). Finally, the book gives an account of the structural correlation between wh-questions and their answers with the focus on the syntactic derivation of fragment answers. The author contends that the derivation of fragment answer involves two processes: A-bar movement together with PF-deletion Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel Alhassan IssahPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Volume: 30 Weight: 0.382kg ISBN: 9783631805480ISBN 10: 3631805489 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 13 May 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsGeneral introduction The grammar of the Dagbani interrogative DP The syntax of Dagbani ex-situ wh-questions A syntactic analysis of Dagbani wh-in-situquestions Constraints on wh-movement in Dagban On the syntax of answers to wh-questions and the derivation of fragment answers Summary and conclusionsReviewsAuthor InformationSamuel Alhassan Issah is a senior lecturer at the College of Languages Education, University of Education, Winneba/Ghana. He holds a PhD in linguistics awarded by the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and a Master of Philosophy in Theoretical Linguistics awarded by the University of Tromsoe, Norway. His research interests include information structure (focus realizations) of Dagbani and related languages, structure of Dagbani and related languages, the syntax of elliptical phenomena, and the syntax of anaphoric expressions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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