{"product_id":"why-is-why-unique-no-contributor-9783110675115","title":"Why Is 'Why' Unique?: Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy is 'Why' Unique? Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties\u003c\/em\u003e considers the behaviour of this peculiar \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-element across many different languages, including Ewe, Trevisan, Italian, Basque, German, Dutch, Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Hebrew. In ten original chapters, the authors explore various aspects of \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-questions, such as the way \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e interacts with V2 constructions in Basque, with a subject clitic in Trevisan or how its morpho-syntactic make-up determines its merge position in Ewe, to mention but a few. Furthermore, a clear-cut distinction is established between high and low reason adverbials which are subsequently examined in \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-stripping environments in Dutch. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e proper, the book explores a special class of \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-expressions in some in-situ languages which give rise to unexpected \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e-construals with a touch of whining force. The objective is to explain the unusual syntactic position of these \u003cem\u003ewh\u003c\/em\u003e-expressions as well as their association with peculiar pragmatics. The questions are addressed for Cantonese: are \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences genuine questions? To what extent are Cantonese \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences similar to \u003cem\u003ehow\u003c\/em\u003e-initial sentences in Mandarin? Beside these \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e-as-\u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e questions, a special class of rhetorical questions, the doubly-marked interrogatives in Hebrew, come under scrutiny. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is 'why' unique also concerns the interface with prosody and several experimental studies investigate precisely this aspect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriela Soare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110675110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110675115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Gabriela Soare","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978284269823,"sku":"9783110675115","price":165.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5e22846-e933-4f01-ace3-1c55651420c2.jpg?v=1683240703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-is-why-unique-no-contributor-9783110675115","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}