Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface

In this paper several aspects of the syntax and semantics of Spanish root exclamatives are analyzed. Assuming a multi-layered approach to the CP projection, it is argued that a degree feature is checked in the Focus layer and that the exclamative feature is checked in the Force layer. The former typ...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c4d7eed1cbe6474c930c82388a96d8742021-11-27T10:47:41ZSpanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface10.5565/rev/catjl.1341695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/c4d7eed1cbe6474c930c82388a96d8742008-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/134https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719In this paper several aspects of the syntax and semantics of Spanish root exclamatives are analyzed. Assuming a multi-layered approach to the CP projection, it is argued that a degree feature is checked in the Focus layer and that the exclamative feature is checked in the Force layer. The former type of checking provides evidence for the hypothesis that focus-related features are checked in different phases of the syntactic computation. The apparent diversity of exclamative structures in Spanish corresponds to a tight set of derivational mechanisms and corresponding interpretive steps.Javier Gutiérrez-RexachUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleexclamative sentencesfocusdegreesyntax/semantics interfacePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2008)
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topic exclamative sentences
focus
degree
syntax/semantics interface
Philology. Linguistics
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spellingShingle exclamative sentences
focus
degree
syntax/semantics interface
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
description In this paper several aspects of the syntax and semantics of Spanish root exclamatives are analyzed. Assuming a multi-layered approach to the CP projection, it is argued that a degree feature is checked in the Focus layer and that the exclamative feature is checked in the Force layer. The former type of checking provides evidence for the hypothesis that focus-related features are checked in different phases of the syntactic computation. The apparent diversity of exclamative structures in Spanish corresponds to a tight set of derivational mechanisms and corresponding interpretive steps.
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title Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
title_short Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
title_full Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
title_fullStr Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
title_full_unstemmed Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
title_sort spanish root exclamatives at the syntax/semantics interface
publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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