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The aim of this paper is to explicate the categorial status of whether. In current generative syntax, whether is classified either as a complementizer or as an interrogative adverb. I have shown that both analyses are untenable, considering that they can account for neither the differences between whether and if nor the differences between whether and the other wh-expressions. As an alternative, I proposed a new analysis in which whether is characterized as a QP and taken to be base-generated in Spec-CP. These two assumptions concerning the categorial status of whether have been shown to be sufficient to account for its syntactic behavior.

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I. Introduction
 II. Previous Studies
  2.1 Haegeman and Carnie’s (HC’s) Analysis
  2.2 Radford’s Analysis
  2.3 Evaluation of Each Analysis
 III. A New Analysis
  3.1 The Problem
  3.2 A New Analysis
 IV. Conclusion
 Works Cited
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보문소 의문 부사 양화사구 기저 생성 의문 표현 whether if complementizer interrogative adverb QP base-generated wh-expressions whether if

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• Kim, Sungwook [ 김성욱 | Chungbuk Nationa lUniversity ]

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