Intervention Obviation by Pied-piping in Turkish*
Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi, cilt.36, sa.2, ss.109-131, 2025 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.18492/dad.1748480
- Dergi Adı: Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.109-131
- Anahtar Kelimeler: intervention, pied-piping, scope, Turkish, wh-questions
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Even in wh-in-situ languages like Turkish, there are configurations where a wh-phrase fails to take scope in-situ above another scopal element (such as negative concord items). These configurations known as intervention configurations can be obviated via overt movement of the wh-phrase to the left of the element causing the uninterpretability. In this study, I document cases where such overt movement of the wh-phrase (optionally or necessarily) pied-pipes a larger constituent it is part of. Adopting a compositional semantics for interpreting pied-piping structures, I argue that pied-piping is a general mechanism for exceptional scope, compositionally implementing earlier insights in the syntax literature.