The Syntax and Semantics of Unselected Embedded Questions
The Syntax and Semantics of Unselected Embedded Questions
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未选择的嵌入问题的语法和语义
DOI：
10.1353/lan.2001.0001
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发表时间：
2001
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
J. Quer
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作者：
David Adger;J. Quer
通过嵌入谓词来选择小句补语类型是评估语法不同模块之间接口问题的一个优先领域。本文讨论了嵌入式if-问句（语义类型（t，t））作为非疑问谓词如“admit”或“say”（假设选择类型t的that-子句）的论元出现所带来的选择问题。我们表明，这种未选择的嵌入式问题（UEQs）是语义敏感的极性敏感项目相同的元素集，这种敏感性约束其分布和解释。该建议是，UEQ由语义敏感的限定词Δ领导，这在英语中是隐蔽的（两者之一的对应物），但在巴斯克语中是明显的。在提升之后，UEQ留下一个类型为t的变量，从而解决了选择问题。s-选择，c-选择和词汇语义规范之间的相互作用被认为是解释小句互补中的其他一些难题。
The selection of clausal complement type by embedding predicates constitutes a privileged domain for the assessment of interface issues between different modules of the grammar. This article addresses the selectional problem posed by embedded if-questions (of semantic type (t, t) appearing as arguments of noninterrogative predicates like 'admit' or 'say' (which are assumed to select a that-clause of type t). We show that such UNSELECTED EMBEDDED QUESTIONS (UEQs) are semantically sensitive to the same set of elements as POLARITY SENSITIVE ITEMS, and this sensitivity constrains their distribution and interpretation. The proposal is that UEQs are headed by a semantically sensitive determiner Δ, which is covert in English (a counterpart of either) but overt in Basque. After raising, the UEQ leaves a variable of type t, thus solving the selectional problem. The interplay between s-selection, c-selection and lexical semantic specifications is argued to account for a number of other puzzles in clausal complementation.