Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper several aspects of the syntax and semantics of Spanish root exclamatives are analyzed.Assuming a multi-layered approach to the CP projection, it is argued that a degree feature is checked in the Focus layer and that the exclamative feature is checked in the Force layer.The former type of checking provides evidence for the hypothesis that focus-related features are checked in different phases of the syntactic computation.The apparent diversity of exclamative structures in Spanish corresponds to a tight set of derivational mechanisms and corresponding interpretive steps.
Source: Catalan Journal of Linguistics
Author: Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2120855722