Towards a Minimalist Theory of Wh-Expletives, Wh-Copying, and Successive Cyclicity

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Wh-Scope Marking 17
5. Scope Marking and Calusal Typing 45
6. Moving Just the Feature 77
7. Partial Wh-Movement 101
8. On the Wh-Expletive Was in German 131
9. Scope Marking 157
10. Towards a Minimalist Theory of Wh-Expletives, Wh-Copying, and Successive Cyclicity 195
11. Towards a Superior Account of Superiority 231
12. The W-… W- Construction 249
13. On the Syntax of “Wh-Scope Marker” Constructions 271
14. Towards a Unified Treatment of Wh-Expletives in Hindi and German 317
15. Absolute and Relative. On Scope in German Wh-Sentences, W- … W-Constructions Included 333
16. On the Parenthetical Features of German. Was… W-Constructions and How to Account for them 359
17. Partial Wh-Movement and the Typology of Wh-Questions 409
18. Partial Wh-Movement, Scope marking, and Transparent Logical Form 447
19. Index 479