On disjunctive dependencies

This paper argues that some Spanish syntactic structures contain lexically selected null wh- disjunctive operators, and that a number of apparent subordinate declarative clauses turn out to be hidden indirect questions. It also argues that these operators appear in sentential adjuncts as well, givin...

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Main Author:	Ignacio Bosque
Format:	article
Language:	CA EN
Published:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2010
Subjects:	disjunction wh- operators free-choice unconditional structures syntactic dependencies Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:51559ffcb59d4a1cb1c2a5f12b32667c2021-11-27T10:47:34ZOn disjunctive dependencies10.5565/rev/catjl.921695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/51559ffcb59d4a1cb1c2a5f12b32667c2010-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/92https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This paper argues that some Spanish syntactic structures contain lexically selected null wh- disjunctive operators, and that a number of apparent subordinate declarative clauses turn out to be hidden indirect questions. It also argues that these operators appear in sentential adjuncts as well, giving rise to a variety of so-called unconditional structures. It is shown that disjunctive phrases in structures with selected and unselected null wh- operators are subject to similar locality conditions. In the final section, new arguments are presented in favour of analyzing disjunctive expressions as a variant of free-choice phrases in certain contexts.Ignacio BosqueUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticledisjunctionwh- operatorsfree-choiceunconditional structuressyntactic dependenciesPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2010)
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description	This paper argues that some Spanish syntactic structures contain lexically selected null wh- disjunctive operators, and that a number of apparent subordinate declarative clauses turn out to be hidden indirect questions. It also argues that these operators appear in sentential adjuncts as well, giving rise to a variety of so-called unconditional structures. It is shown that disjunctive phrases in structures with selected and unselected null wh- operators are subject to similar locality conditions. In the final section, new arguments are presented in favour of analyzing disjunctive expressions as a variant of free-choice phrases in certain contexts.
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On disjunctive dependencies

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