Abstract
Abstract
Chapter 6 deals with the expression of non-canonical question interpretations via the syntactic category of modal particles. After an introduction to the interactions between modal particles and speech acts and to crucial differences from similar syntactic categories, the chapter illustrates how elements of this particular category function as cues for non-canonical meanings in questions by bringing data to bear from languages as diverse as Basque and German. The end of the chapter proposes a cross-linguistic syntax for modal particles in questions that represents them as functional heads in the clausal architecture and captures both their clause-medial and left- and right-peripheral occurrences.
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