{"product_id":"why-is-why-unique-its-syntactic-and-semantic-properties-paperback","title":"Why Is 'Why' Unique?: Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriela Soare\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy is 'Why' Unique? Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties\u003c\/em\u003e considers the behaviour of this peculiar \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-element across many different languages, including Ewe, Trevisan, Italian, Basque, German, Dutch, Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Hebrew. In ten original chapters, the authors explore various aspects of \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-questions, such as the way \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e interacts with V2 constructions in Basque, with a subject clitic in Trevisan or how its morpho-syntactic make-up determines its merge position in Ewe, to mention but a few. Furthermore, a clear-cut distinction is established between high and low reason adverbials which are subsequently examined in \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-stripping environments in Dutch. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e proper, the book explores a special class of \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-expressions in some in-situ languages which give rise to unexpected \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-construals with a touch of whining force. The objective is to explain the unusual syntactic position of these \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-expressions as well as their association with peculiar pragmatics. The questions are addressed for Cantonese: are \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences genuine questions? To what extent are Cantonese \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences similar to \u003cem\u003ehow\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences in Mandarin? Beside these \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-as-\u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e questions, a special class of rhetorical questions, the doubly-marked interrogatives in Hebrew, come under scrutiny. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is 'why' unique also concerns the interface with prosody and several experimental studies investigate precisely this aspect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGabriela Soare\u003c\/strong\u003e, Université de Genève, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733448757311,"sku":"9783111258706","price":31.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ce34cba763711b641c9bd9c421271602.webp?v=1765135981","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/why-is-why-unique-its-syntactic-and-semantic-properties-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}