| Date: |
2010 |
| Abstract: |
This paper argues that some Spanish syntactic structures contain lexically selected null wh- disjunctive operators, and that a number of apparent subordinate declarative clauses turn out to be hidden indirect questions. It also argues that these operators appear in sentential adjuncts as well, giving rise to a variety of so-called unconditional structures. It is shown that disjunctive phrases in structures with selected and unselected null wh- operators are subject to similar locality conditions. In the final section, new arguments are presented in favour of analyzing disjunctive expressions as a variant of free-choice phrases in certain contexts. |
| Rights: |
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| Form: |
article ; article ; publishedVersion |
| Subject: |
Disjunction ;
Wh- operators ;
Free-choice ;
Unconditional structures ;
Syntactic dependencies |
| Published in: |
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 9, Núm. (2010) , p. 7-21, ISSN 1695-6885 |
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