Spanish Root Exclamatives at the Syntax/Semantics Interface
Gutiérrez-Rexach, Javier (The Ohio State University)

Date:	2008
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.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Exclamative sentences ; Focus ; Degree ; Syntax/semantics interface
Published in:	Catalan journal of linguistics, V. 7 (2008) p. 117-133, ISSN 2014-9719

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/v7-gutierrez-rexach
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/CatalanJournal/article/view/128412
DOI: 10.5565/rev/catjl.134

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