Relative embeddings: A Circassian puzzle for the syntax/semantics interface

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-122

  Caponigro, Ivano ^a   Polinsky, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adyghe (Circassian); Concealed questions; Declarative clauses; Embedded clauses; Headless relatives; Interrogative clauses; Polarity operators; Relative clauses

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955866374     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-011-9121-9     Document Type: Article

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