A Special (Question) View on Wh-Doubling in Lombard Varieties

Author:

Garzonio Jacopo1ORCID,Castro Enrico2,Messina Jessica Rita1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies, University of Padua, 35137 Padua, Italy

2. Faculté des Lettres, Sezione di Italiano, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

In this article, we examine a specific type of Wh-Doubling (WhD) that can be observed in some Northern Lombard varieties. Differently from all the previous types of WhD described for Lombard and other Northern Italo-Romance varieties, in the phenomenon we analyze, the two wh-forms are identical and display the -ɛ morpheme. Furthermore, in all the varieties where this type of WhD is present, it is associated with the encoding of special questions and cannot be used in true requests for new information. We propose an analysis of this construction assuming a split-CP representation where the higher wh-form activates a functional projection involved in the expression of special questions. We also hypothesize that this construction derives from an interrogative cleft; if this hypothesis is correct, the formation of the -ɛ morpheme and the re-analysis of the cleft as monoclausal are the two sides of the same process.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

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