MULTIPLE MOTIVATIONS FOR MEANING OF AN ELATIVE WH-CONSTRUCTION IN ESTONIAN
MULTIPLE MOTIVATIONS FOR MEANING OF AN ELATIVE WH-CONSTRUCTION IN ESTONIAN
Author(s): Renate Pajusalu Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: constructions; wh-construction; local cases; questions; semantics; pragmatics
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses an elative wh-construction [mis NPnominative NPelative V?] in the Estonian language. Formally the construction is a question, but pragmatically it can be regarded as prohibition or negation of the sense of the proposition. It is a mixed construction, which consists of lexical, morphological, and pragmatic elements. The aim is to analyse what motivates the formation of the meaning of the construction.
Journal: TRAMES
- Issue Year: X/2006
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 324-340
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English