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Furthermore, features in the wh-matrix are presumably organised in a hierarchical orderand can be lost (and/or acquired?) possibly leading to a change in the categorial stauts of theelement, as it is assumed to have occurred in the case of what .

In terms of feature specification, the occurrence of what in the echo-questions is alsosignificant if we adopt a cross-linguistic perspective and comparing it to other languages, likeItalian, for example. The possibility of acquiring what we have defined as alien morphologyseems to interact with specifications in thewh-matrix rather than thewh-element itself.

As a final note, some words are to be spent on the methodological approach adopted in thefieldwork for this thesis since more than one problematic aspects have been encountered. Wehave seen in Chapter 1 that the interaction of a number of different factors play a crucial rolein the success of the fieldwork activities. While the interviews turned out to be the best way toelicit data even from the less reliable informants, the question of whether it is possible for anon-native speaker to obtain good results with spontaneous speech does not seem to have apositive answer. In addition, another important aspect forms the background against which thefieldworker must operate: the situation in the United Kingdom and Ireland is that of aextremely strong and generalised stigmatisation of non-standard grammar. Notwithstandingan emerging interest of local and national policies towards the linguistic question, thedichotomy good grammar vs. bad grammar is always present. In a future perspective, a

refinement of the methodological approach used is needed.


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