Title: Information Structure, Syntax and Intonational Properties of Multiple <i>Wh</i>‐Questions
Abstract: Abstract I discuss multiple wh ‐questions from the perspective of information structure. I argue that information‐structural effects differ between multiple wh ‐questions with a pair‐list answer reading and ones with a single‐answer reading, thus the way of deriving them in narrow syntax differs too. I claim that the spelled‐out positions of wh ‐phrases are solely determined in the phonological component, specifically by the intonational properties of individual languages. I also argue that the Superiority Effect is derived from a conflicting pitch pattern caused by in‐situ monosyllabic wh ‐subjects and no longer problematic in the current phase framework.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-11-08
Language: en
Type: article
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