Are Some Indirect Interrogatives Free Relatives Used as Concealed Questions?

Richard Faure (1)

1 UP4 - Université Paris-Sorbonne

This paper addresses the issue of why there are, at first glance , three items that can introduce an embedded question in Classical Greek : hós (relative), tís(direct) interrogative) and hóstis(so-called indefinite relative). As tís and hóstis pattern together with respect to the predicates that embed them, the distinction is amenable to a binary one. Giannakidou’s (1998) notion of non-veridicality accounts for it: tís and hóstis prove to be licensed by non veridical contexts. Hós clauses are nothing else than actual Free Relative clauses, that function as concealed questions, or, more exactly, as concealed propositions.

Domaines: Linguistique

Richard Faure. Are Some Indirect Interrogatives Free Relatives Used as Concealed Questions?. 9th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL 9), Oct 2009, Chicago, United States. pp.154-164. ⟨hal-01362786⟩