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Volume 18, Issue 2
  • ISSN 2211-6834
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Abstract

In this paper, I will discuss some types of variation in wh-expressions asking for reasons such as , and with special attention to their base-generated positions in the framework of the cartography of syntactic structures. I will first discuss and to illustrate variation in the base-generated position of wh-expressions asking for reasons. I will next explore a new dimension in the cartography of syntactic structures by discussing some variation in the use of and the complementizer among speakers.

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Keyword(s): come; CP; Criterial Freezing; how; ReasonP; what for; why
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