LF Movement: A Problem for Questions in Marathi and Kashmiri.

Wali, Kashi

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ERIC Number: ED283395

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1986-May

Pages: 12

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LF Movement: A Problem for Questions in Marathi and Kashmiri.

Wali, Kashi

It is proposed that LF-movement in in-situ questions is not adequate to express the scope distinctions basic to the semantic interpretations of the direct and indirect question dichotomy in Marathi and Kashmiri, because this question type is more constrained in these languages than in languages like Chinese and Japanese. This theory is illustrated in a structural analysis of examples from Chinese, English, Marathi, and Kashmiri. (MSE)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Kashmiri, Linguistic Theory, Marathi, Phrase Structure, Questioning Techniques, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Surface Structure, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable (8th, Urbana, IL, May 29-31, 1986).