Interrogative slifting in English.
Highlights: [•] We analyse wh-slifting sentences in English. [•] Wh-slifting contrasts with finite clause pied piping, and scope-marking constructions. [•] Wh-slifting questions have stricter evidential interpretation than declarative slifts. [•] Wh-slifted clauses are merged with main clauses in an...
| Published in: | Lingua Vol. 138; pp. 86 - 107 |
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Elsevier B.V.
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