On the role of IP-related functional categories in the derivation of wh-exclamatives
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Bruno Ferreira de Lima
Abstract
Assuming the cartographic version of the Principles and Parameters Theory of Generative Grammar (Rizzi 1997, 2002, 2005; Cinque 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013; Beninca and Munaro 2011; Laenzlinger 2011; among others), the present paper is aimed at a description of one particular type of wh-exclamatives found in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), viz., the so-called como-exclamatives (‘how-exclamatives’). Based on this description, we seek to discuss the role of the categories from the inflectional domain in the derivation of this sentential type. In order to do so, we propose a systematisation of the properties of this sentential type as listed in the specialised literature, following the methodology of Syntactic Cartography-especially tests featuring elements supposedly belonging to the same category. This methodological expedient is useful in pinpointing the categories involved in the expression of wh-exclamativity and the position of these categories in the hierarchical structure of the clause. By turning to these diagnosing tools, we argue that the projections of ForceP, MirativeP, EvaluativeP, EvidentialP, CircumstatialP (or DemP) would be activated in the derivation of como-exclamatives, so as to make it possible the valuation of, respectively, the following features: force, mirativity, evaluation, evidentiality/ referentiality, and indexicality.
Abstract
Assuming the cartographic version of the Principles and Parameters Theory of Generative Grammar (Rizzi 1997, 2002, 2005; Cinque 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013; Beninca and Munaro 2011; Laenzlinger 2011; among others), the present paper is aimed at a description of one particular type of wh-exclamatives found in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), viz., the so-called como-exclamatives (‘how-exclamatives’). Based on this description, we seek to discuss the role of the categories from the inflectional domain in the derivation of this sentential type. In order to do so, we propose a systematisation of the properties of this sentential type as listed in the specialised literature, following the methodology of Syntactic Cartography-especially tests featuring elements supposedly belonging to the same category. This methodological expedient is useful in pinpointing the categories involved in the expression of wh-exclamativity and the position of these categories in the hierarchical structure of the clause. By turning to these diagnosing tools, we argue that the projections of ForceP, MirativeP, EvaluativeP, EvidentialP, CircumstatialP (or DemP) would be activated in the derivation of como-exclamatives, so as to make it possible the valuation of, respectively, the following features: force, mirativity, evaluation, evidentiality/ referentiality, and indexicality.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Wh-Exclamatives
- Exclamatives: An overview 23
- On the role of IP-related functional categories in the derivation of wh-exclamatives 53
- “What a great paper!”: A semantic analysis of wh-exclamatives with predicates of personal taste 85
- Copular exclamatives and gender agreement 117
- The perception of wh-exclamatives, free small clauses, and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese 143
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Part II: Imperatives
- Imperative clauses 173
- The verbal imperative in Brazilian capitals: An analysis of data from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project 227
- Past imperatives 255
- Imperative sentences and their subjects 283
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Part III: Wh-questions
- A framework for the study of Romance wh-questions, with special reference to Italo-Romance 315
- Using semantic inferences to distinguish between free relative and embedded questions: An analysis of ambiguous embedded clauses 359
- The left-peripheral syntax of Brazilian Portuguese cadê 387
- Aspects of the development of wh-questions in child Brazilian Portuguese 409
- Wh-questions, intervention effects and beyond: An assessment of Brazilian Portuguese-speaking schoolchildren’s linguistic abilities 441
- Subject index 461
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Wh-Exclamatives
- Exclamatives: An overview 23
- On the role of IP-related functional categories in the derivation of wh-exclamatives 53
- “What a great paper!”: A semantic analysis of wh-exclamatives with predicates of personal taste 85
- Copular exclamatives and gender agreement 117
- The perception of wh-exclamatives, free small clauses, and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese 143
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Part II: Imperatives
- Imperative clauses 173
- The verbal imperative in Brazilian capitals: An analysis of data from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project 227
- Past imperatives 255
- Imperative sentences and their subjects 283
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Part III: Wh-questions
- A framework for the study of Romance wh-questions, with special reference to Italo-Romance 315
- Using semantic inferences to distinguish between free relative and embedded questions: An analysis of ambiguous embedded clauses 359
- The left-peripheral syntax of Brazilian Portuguese cadê 387
- Aspects of the development of wh-questions in child Brazilian Portuguese 409
- Wh-questions, intervention effects and beyond: An assessment of Brazilian Portuguese-speaking schoolchildren’s linguistic abilities 441
- Subject index 461
