As is well-known, wh-phrases in Mandarin Chinese can be used as interrogative pronouns, existential indefinites, or universal quantifiers, and regardless of which interpretation they receive, they remain in-situ at S-Structure. In addition, it is not the case that these different usages are freely available in all contexts, as illustrated by the following examples. (1)ta mai sheme shu she buy w...

the present study investigates azari-turkish wh-words within the framework of minimalism. the analysis of wh-in-situ data shows that [+q] &ki;/kïparticle are syntactically in complementary distribution in azari-turkish. when a wh-word is bound by [+q] in c-position, it is interpreted as interrogative element. if, on the other hand, the wh-word is bound by ki/kïparticle which appears in c-positi...

In this paper, I discuss the connection between Lakatosian method of proofs and refutations, Hintikkan models of interrogative inquiry and paraconsistency. I bridge these different schools with dialectic, and their underlying reliance on the inconsistent.

Current theories of interrogative syntax/semantics adopt two strategies for the interpretation of in-situ wh-phrases: covert movement and in-situ interpretation. The covert movement strategy is traditionally assumed to be all-or-nothing: the in-situ wh-phrase covertly moves to C or else stays in-situ and is interpreted in its base-generated position at LF. In this paper we argue that neither ap...

Interrogative visualization refers to the process of interactive computer graphics display and accurate quantitative querying of physical data. Quantitative querying includes search for metric, combinato-rial and topological information. To support this paradigm, we build uniform, compact, co-registered representations (spline models) of multiple physical data elds over the same domain. Dense, ...