On optional wh-/focus fronting in Igbo: A SYN-SEM-PHON interaction

Autor:	Amaechi Mary, Georgi Doreen
Jazyk:	German<br />English
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	ā-movement focus realization pf-optionality y-model copy pronounciation benue-congo languages Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar P101-410
Zdroj:	Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, Vol 39, Iss 3, Pp 299-327 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0721-9067 1613-3706
DOI:	10.1515/zfs-2020-2017
Popis:	This paper discusses surface optionality in focus fronting in the Benue-Congo language Igbo. A focused XP can occur in-situ or ex-situ. We argue that the optionality does not have its origins in the syntax: in fact, exactly one focused XP has to move to the designated focus position in the left periphery in the syntax. The alternation between in-situ and ex-situ rather arises at PF: either the lowest or the topmost copy of the focus chain is pronounced. The choice is determined by semantic-pragmatic factors, i. e., we see an interaction between PF and LF. This constitutes a challenge for a strict version of the Y-model of grammar.
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