Basque question particles

Implications for a syntax of discourse particles

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ID4567839
AuthorsAndreas Trotzke (0000-0002-3943-4282, University of Konstanz, corresponding author), Sergio Monforte (0000-0003-1995-6355, University of the Basque Country)
Year2019
Volume19
Issue2
Pages352-385
Publication date2019-12-10
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistic Variation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lv.18002.tro
OpenAlexW2955041543
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited53

In this paper, we focus on the syntax of question particles in Basque and provide an account that draws new parallels between the syntactic behavior of discourse particles in Basque and some recent findings that have been reported for the German language, perhaps the most studied language of all when it comes to discourse particles. In particular, after having argued for a syntactic perspective on discourse particles for German, we deal with Basque particles in bothwh-questions and polar questions. Forwh-questions, we provide evidence for the claim that the particleoteoccupies an IP/TP-internal particle position and, when attaching to awh-element, can serve to form emphatic questions of the type that have also been observed in German. In the context of polar questions, we demonstrate that there are two distinct positions for discourse particles in central and eastern dialects of Basque: one inside the IP/TP-domain and one in the left periphery of the clause. Again, we indicate relevant cross-linguistic parallels, thereby dealing with Basque discourse particles from the perspective of a cross-linguistic syntax of particle elements

German · Linguistics · Parallels · Physics · Sociology · Syntax · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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