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This chapter addresses the issue of the Ïá½·Ï (and á½ÏÏÎ¹Ï) questions embedded under predicates normally selecting for propositions like know (unselected embedded questions UEQ). This problem was handled in general linguistics in Adger & Quer (2001) and Ãhl (2007). Both articles notice a difference between yes/no- and wh-questions. The distribution of the latter seems to be less restricted. However, Classical Greek uses two sets of wh-items in what looks like embedded questions (á½Ï and Ïá½·Ï). It is shown that á½Ï clauses do not denote questions but propositions. The selection mismatch arises with Ïá½·Ï clauses. They denote questions and have the same distribution as yes/no (Îµá¼°)-questions. Moreover Classical Greek provides new evidence in favor of 1) the sensitivity of the UEQ to the polarity of the environment, building on Giannakidouâs (1998) definition of nonveridicality; 2) the presence of a determiner on top of the UEQ as proposed in Adger & Quer (2001). The chapter argues nevertheless that the sensitivity is not due to the determiner but to the question itself. It is shown that the determiner is a type-shifter turning the question into a proposition and thereby repairing the apparent selection mismatch.

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The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-Clauses in Classical Greek

Relatives, Interrogatives, Exclamatives

Series:Â The Language of Classical Literature, Volume: 34

Cover The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-Clauses in Classical Greek

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 09 Sep 2021

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- Classical Studies
  - Greek & Latin Linguistics
- Languages and Linguistics
  - Morphology & Syntax
  - Indo-European Languages

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Relatives, Interrogatives, Exclamatives

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