Unifying WH and Focus Movement: A Case study in English and Czech

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Unifying WH and Focus Movement: A Case study in English and Czech

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the empirical, descriptive sections of this paper I first present the standard argumentation in favour of the structural and transformational nature of the Wh-questions in English, applying also the same arguments on Czech data. The study compares extraction domains, locality and constraints defined in terms of the assumed structures. I then demonstrate that similar characteristics can be found with Focus fronting in Czech. Because the two processes are subject to the same syntactic constraints, I propose a structural analysis using the concept of a Split CP which contains projections of the functional heads Focus and interrogative Mode. The analysis allows me to conclude that Focus and WH Movements in Czech should be analysed as alike, contrary to a frequent assumption that they are in distinct grammatical components.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Unifying WH and Focus Movement: A Case study in English and Czech

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the empirical, descriptive sections of this paper I first present the standard argumentation in favour of the structural and transformational nature of the Wh-questions in English, applying also the same arguments on Czech data. The study compares extraction domains, locality and constraints defined in terms of the assumed structures. I then demonstrate that similar characteristics can be found with Focus fronting in Czech. Because the two processes are subject to the same syntactic constraints, I propose a structural analysis using the concept of a Split CP which contains projections of the functional heads Focus and interrogative Mode. The analysis allows me to conclude that Focus and WH Movements in Czech should be analysed as alike, contrary to a frequent assumption that they are in distinct grammatical components.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies

ISSN

2336-3347

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Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

101-120

Kód UT WoS článku

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