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- W2121185596 abstract "The thesis Wh-exclamatives in Catalan is a research that intends to shed light on the characterization of exclamatives, a type of clause that has not been paid as much attention as other types of clause such as interrogatives or declaratives. This is a theoretical study that falls within the framework of generative grammar. As such, it highlights the main problems that the previous literature has noted, it considers new puzzles that stem from the data from Catalan, it provides an explanatory analysis for most of them, and it presents relevant lines for future research.My working hypothesis is that exclamatives are a kind of degree construction that resembles comparative clauses and result clause constructions. However, exclamatives and the other degree constructions differ in at least one relevant property: exclamatives do not make the same discourse contribution as declaratives.This works limits its scope to two instances of wh-exclamatives in Catalan, namely exclamatives whose wh-word is the degree operator (how) (as in (1)) and exclamatives introduced by the wh-word (what), which is a determiner (cf. (2)).(1) Que alt que es en Pau! / How tall Pau is!(2) Quin pastis que ha preparat en Ferran! / What a nice cake Ferran made!In (1), the wh-phrase que alt is a degree phrase which moves towards the left periphery of the clause, whereas in (2), the wh-phrase pastis bo is a determiner phrase. Even if the moved phrases have different heads, they both contain a degree phrase. I propose that in (1) is the wh-counterpart of tan (so) in (2). The inclusion of [+wh] in its feature makeup causes the movement of the phrase headed by to the clause periphery.The facts that make exclamatives an attractive object of study are numerous and concern their syntax, their semantics and their pragmatics. From a syntactic viewpoint it is interesting to ask oneself why exclamatives allow the presence of the complementizer que (that) between the wh-phrase and the verb and what is the reason why a wh-word such as qui (who) cannot introduce an exclamative. With regard to semantics, there is a need to define and formalize the essence of an exclamative: is it surprise? Unexpectedness? Extreme degree? And with respect to pragmatics, we need to explain the reason why an exclamative does not make a good answer to a question (i.e., why it cannot be used assertorically).The syntactic analysis contains two basic ideas. On the one hand, I assume that the wh-phrase lands in Spec,C, which makes sense if we understand that the complementizer que occupies Co. On the other hand, I propose that it is required that the wh-phrase include a degree phrase introduced by tan or que.Semantically, I analyze tan as a degree operator that establishes a relation between two degrees, a reference degree and a standard degree. The reference degree is the degree of ADJ-ness of the individual that is the argument of the gradable adjective interpreted as a measure function of type . The standard degree is taken from context and it is high.Finally, from the point of view of pragmatics, I propose that an exclamative contains two kinds of meaning: a verbally expressed meaning (the descriptive content of the clause) and the meaning that is contributed to discourse. The descriptive meaning is taken for granted by the speaker, who treats it as a fact. What he/she wants to contribute to discourse is information that is not verbally encoded: his/her attitude towards a degree.KEYWORDS: attitude toward degrees, degree phrase, degree operator, exclamation, fact, result clause construction, polarity sensitivity, wh-movement RESUM:La tesi Wh-exclamatives in Catalan (Les exclamatives-qu en catala) es proposa caracteritzar les oracions exclamatives-qu (i.e., aquelles que estan introduides per un mot-qu com quin o que) des del punt de vista de la seva sintaxi, semantica i pragmatica. Aquest es un estudi emmarcat en la gramatica generativa i, com a tal, enfoca lobjecte destudi a partir dels contrastos que shan posat de relleu en la bibliografia previa, planteja nous problemes derivats de les dades del catala, proposa una hipotesi i mira de comprovar si la hipotesi permet explicar les dades.Els dos tipus doracio amb que he treballat son els seguents:(1) Que alt que es en Pau!(2) Quin pastis que ha preparat en Ferran!A (1) Que alt es un sintagma de grau que sha traslladat a la periferia oracional, mentre que a (2) tot el sintagma determinant Quin pastis es el que sha traslladat. Pero, crucialment, (2) tambe conte un sintagma de grau (i.e., bo).La hipotesi de treball es que les oracions exclamatives-qu no shan dexplicar des de la semantica de les preguntes com sha fet fins al moment, sino que se les ha de considerar construccions de grau com les comparatives o les oracions consecutives, aixo si, amb una particularitat: no tenen la mateixa contribucio al discurs que una oracio comparativa o consecutiva, ja que no son oracions declaratives. Mes concretament, la tesi vol demostrar que tota exclamativa-qu ha de contenir un sintagma de grau (ja sigui de forma manifesta o inferit del context) que esta encapcalat per un operador de grau (tan o que), i que estableix una relacio entre un grau de referencia i un grau estandard recuperat del context i que sempre es considerat alt. El que diferencia les exclamatives de les declaratives es que mentre que aquestes funcionen generalment com a asseveracions, un parlant que profereix una exclamativa no te la intencio dintroduir el contingut descriptiu de lexclamativa com a informacio nova, sino que vol expressar la seva actitud emotiva envers un grau alt. Per aixo proposo que el contingut descriptiu duna exclamativa es un fet i no una proposicio, perque el parlant no el fa servir per introduir informacio nova, sino que el considera la causa de la seva actitud. " @default.
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