Original scientific paper

A few notes on the extraction of wh-words from adjective phrases in Croatian

Ranko Matasović

Abstract

This paper examines the possibilities of extraction of wh-words from adjective phrases in Croatian. It is argued that extraction is possible from non-specific, but not from specific attributive adjective phrases, while it is generally possible from predicative adjective phrases. The restrictions on extraction are motivated by the pragmatic principle stating that presupposed information cannot be questioned.

Keywords

noun phrases; adjective phrases; extraction; wh-words; syntactic islands

Hrčak ID:

167802

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/167802

Publication date:

21.10.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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