ǂThe ǂleft periphery of multiple wh-questions in Slovenian

Povzetek

In this paper I focus on multiple wh-questions in Slovenian and argue for an analysis in which wh-phrases move to the extended left periphery of the sentence. Assuming the Cartographic approach, I consider the order of wh-phrases in Slovenian multiple wh-questions, which was previously described as free, e.g. Golden (1997). While I confirm that the order of wh-phrases in the left periphery is generally free, I show that there are some exceptions, e.g. zakaj ‘why’ and kako ‘how’ tend to precede other wh-phrases. In addition, I show that the order of wh-phrases with respect to focus and topic phrases is free, but that one wh-phrase needs to appear in a clause initial position for a question to get a true wh-question reading. Based on this, I propose that the clause initial wh-phrase moves to the Interrogative Projection, in the sense of Rizzi (2001a), and the remaining wh-phrases to Wh-Projections. Crucially, because wh-movement is not restricted by a requirement on chains, cf. Krapova & Cinque (2005), the order of wh-phrases is free.

Ključne besede

wh-questions;multiple wh-fronting;left periphery;syntax;cartography;Slovenian;

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Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2016
Tipologija:	1.16 - Samostojni znanstveni sestavek ali poglavje v monografski publikaciji
Organizacija:	UNG - Univerza v Novi Gorici
UDK:	81
COBISS:	4604155
Matična publikacija:	Formal studies in Slovenian syntax
Št. ogledov:	3895
Št. prenosov:	0
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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URN:	URN:SI:UNG
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Delo ni kategorizirano
Strani:	Str. 193-219
ID:	9237497