tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 02 18:25:33 1996
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RE: Embedded wh-questions
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Embedded wh-questions
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 21:27:26 -0500
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qaSDI' Hovjaj 96922.8, jatlh HurghwI'[SMTP:[email protected]]:
> At 04:50 PM 12/2/96 -0800, you wrote:
> >What about {-law'} ??
> >
> >'Iv qIplaw' yaS ?
>
> This appears to me to be "Who was apparently hit by the officer?"
> This is like I was getting at, but legal. {{;)}
Yes, but my question was about the scope of the wh-element raising to the
matrix clause from an embedded clause. Sure, you can take away the
embedded clause and see the problem go away, but you haven't solved
anything. :)
> >Qorbeq
>
> -HurghwI'
> Hovjaj 96922.8
--Holtej
Stardate 96922.93