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Chapter1:偌Jua7and幾Kui2inTaiwaneseSouthernMin:InterpretationsBasedonValuation
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(9)dictatesthatthepresenceofthepositivequantifier(PQ)fitsue
7
is
obligatorybetweentheIndet_how偌
jua7
andnounphrases.(10)statesthat
thePQfitsue
7
isbannedfrommediatingtheIndet_how偌
jua7
andgrad-
ableadjectives.Take(11)asanexampleofthefirstconstraint.
(11)
偌
+*(fi)
+
Jua7
*(tsue7)
how
much
CHowmuchmoney?)
ś
tsinn5
money
WecanseethatthePQfitsue
7
ismandatory.Incapturingthestruc-
turalconfigurationofthisexampleIposittwofunctionalprojectionsabove
theNP:theIndetP(abbreviatedIndet_howPhrase)andthePQP
,asin(12):
(12)
[IndetP[Indet偌[pqp[pqfi[
NP[Nś]]]
]]]
Everythinggoeswellexceptthatwehavenotaccountedforwhysuchan
instancecanfunctionasadegreequestion.Beforeshowinghowthestring偌fi
ś
jua7tsue7tsinn5
acquirestheinterpretationofadegreequestion,itisneces-
sarytohighlightthetheoreticalframeworkthatmakestherealizationpossible.
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WeneedthemechanismofthefeaturecheckingtoaccountforwhyIndet_
howelement偌
jua7
functionsinadegreequestion.Terearetwoingredi-
entsinthismeasure.First,forthatpurposeIadoptthemeasureoffeature
checkingtermedua(UpwardAgree),whichismorerobustthanDA(Down-
wardAgree)inthattherearemorecasesofagreementthatcanbeamenable
toexplanationsintermsofuaratherthanDA.uaisdefinedasfollows.
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Studiesontheformationofwh_questionsingeneralarequiterobust.SeeCable(2010),Dayal
(2016),andBayerandCheng(2017),amongothersforagraspofmanyinterestingissues
involved.Teyaremostlyconcernedwithargumentandadjunctwh_phrases.Evenresearchon
adjunctionwh_phrasesoverwhelminglydealswithmannerreadingratherthandegreereading,
themainconcernofthispaper,exceptworkslikeSolt(2015).
