Abstract
We study a particular aspect of the semantics of matrix wh-exclamatives. In particular, we focus on the relation between fairly straightforward morpho-syntactic properties of such structures and the kind of scalar meanings they express. We identify two types of wh-exclamatives: two distinct types of structures with two distinct types of scalar meaning. Languages differ with respect to which wh expressions serve in which of the two types.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201-224 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Linguistic Variation Yearbook |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |