Multiple Wh-Fronting
Editors
Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the “classic” multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malagasy, Persian, Yiddish), explorations for languages that don’t obviously fall into this category (German, Hungarian), peripheral effects (optionality of fronting, Superiority vs. Anti-Superiority etc.), interface issues (with semantics, pragmatics, and phonology), and simply theoretical approaches aiming to capture the mechanisms involved in multiple Wh-fronting strategies. The theoretical framework adopted throughout is the Minimalist Program, viewed from different angles. This volume brings together some of the leading experts on the syntax of Wh-questions and offers up-to-date analyses of the topic. It will be indispensable for scholars investigating multiple Wh-questions, and will find an appropriate audience in advanced students and faculty alike.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 64] 2003. ix, 289 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 October 2008
Published online on 21 October 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. vii
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List of contributors | p. viii
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IntroductionCedric Boeckx and Kleanthes K. Grohmann | pp. 1–15
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Symmetries and asymmetries in multiple checkingCedric Boeckx | pp. 17–26
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On wh-islands and obligatory wh-movement contexts in South SlavicŽeljko Bošković | pp. 27–50
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On the nature of multiple fronting in YiddishMolly Diesing | pp. 51–76
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On the morphosyntax of wh-movementMarcel den Dikken | pp. 77–98
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German is a multiple wh-fronting language!Kleanthes K. Grohmann | pp. 99–130
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Deriving Anti-Superiority effects: Multiple wh-questions in Japanese and KoreanYoungmi Jeong | pp. 131–140
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Conjoined questions in HungarianAnikó Lipták | pp. 141–160
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Persian wh-riddlesAhmad R. Lotfi | pp. 161–186
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Non-wh-fronting in BasqueLara Reglero | pp. 187–227
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Malagasy as an optional multiple wh-fronting languageJoachim Sabel | pp. 229–254
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Multiple wh-fronting in Serbo-Croatian matrix questions and the matrix sluicing constructionSandra Stjepanović | pp. 255–284
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Index | pp. 285–289
“This book as a whole is an exciting contribution to a rapidly expanding field. Taken together, the papers deepen and enrich our understanding of multiple questions and of the syntax of wh-movement constructions, both in particular languages and universally. The editors and authors are to be congratulated on an unusually valuable collectons.”
Catherine Rudin,
Wayne State College, in Journal of Linguistics 41, 2005
“The book is interesting in that it provides a large amount of empirical data on multiple wh-fronting including widely discussed languages, such as Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian, as well as less studied languages such as Basque, Malagasy, Persian, Yiddish. Those who do research in the area find a number of cross-linguistic facts.”
Olga Zavitnevich-Beaulac, University of Quebec at Montreal, on Linguist List 15-649, 2004
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General