Investigating clausal wh-constructions in Romanian

• Ivano Caponigro ^[1] ; Anamaria Fălăuș ^[2]
  1. [1] University of California, San Diego

     University of California, San Diego

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

     Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

     París, Francia

     
• Localización: Isogloss: Open Journal of Romance Linguistics, ISSN-e 2385-4138, Vol. 9, Vol. 4, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Trending topics in Romance linguistics)
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.325
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  • Romanian has an articulated system of (non-)interrogative wh-clauses that look morphosyntactically similar or even identical to each other on the surface, while exhibiting striking differences in distribution and interpretation. Using a minimal set of criteria, tests and distinctions, this article presents the first systematic comparative overview of all clausal wh-constructions attested in Romanian. We show that none of these constructions can be reduced to any of the others and flesh out some of the challenges arising for a unified analysis of wh-constructions and wh-expressions.

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