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mit.edu>Title: Essays on the Representational and Derivational Nature of Grammar Subtitle: The Diversity of Wh-Constructions Series Title: Linguistics Inquiry Monographs Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Book URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/SP20030262012006 Author: Joseph Aoun, University of Southern California Author: Audrey Yen-Hui Li, University of Southern California Paperback: ISBN: 0262511320, Pages: 304, Price: U.S. $28 Abstract: This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar. The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of multiple wh- interrogative constructions, focusing on the workings of Superiority. Part II investigates the structure and derivation of relative constructions. The main languages discussed are Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, and English. The theoretical materials are in the generative grammar tradition. Lingfield(s): Syntax Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=10113.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue