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dc.contributor.authorRuangjaroon, Sugunya.-
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T07:00:11Z-
dc.date.available2024-01-04T07:00:11Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttps://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/86417/1/4.%202231336.pdf-
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/29696-
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an in-depth examination of Thai wh-expressions as variables. I claim that wh-expressions are variables with no inherent interrogative force. As variables, they acquire clifferent interpretations in different contexts. A syntactic relation between the operator and the variable is implemented in terms of the probe-goal relation (Chomsky 2000). The probegoal relation is established by the operation of Match. In Thai, a goal (as a variable) is "underspecified" for featural content. A feature specified on the probe is copied onto the underspecified goal, thereby satisfYing feature matching. In wh-contexts, the probe is identified as a covert interrogative <4whJ The [wh] feature of the probe Q is copied onto the underspecified goal. I argue that the probe-goal relation is established via Match (without Move). The covert <4whJ probe is base-generated in C. In the context of negation, a goal matches the [neg] feature on the Neg probe, hence functioning as a Negative Polarity Item (NPl). In a yes-no construction, the goal matches the [polarity] feature on the Qux,larityJ probe, functioning as an Existential Polarity Item (EPl). The probe-goal relation is predictably constrained by the c-command relation and locality conditions.-
dc.subjectprobe-goal relation-
dc.subjectNeg probe-
dc.subjectQux,IarityJ probe-
dc.titleThe Syntax of Wh-expressions as Variables in Thai-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.subject.keywordmatch c-command relation-
dc.subject.keywordlocality conditions-
dc.identifier.bibliograpycitationLanguage Research 43.1, 77-147.-
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