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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Main Author:	Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Format:	article
Language:	CA EN
Published:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2008
Subjects:	exclamative sentences focus degree syntax/semantics interface Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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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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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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author	Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
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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
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publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface

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