Towards a new typology of coordinated wh-questions

Citko B., GRACANIN YÜKSEK M.

JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.1-32, 2013 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s0022226712000175
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-32
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, we develop a new typology of multiple wh-questions with coordinated wh-pronouns. We motivate the existence of three distinct structures for such questions: one mono-clausal and two bi-clausal. We use four kinds of diagnostics to determine which of the three structures is available in a particular language: the availability of both multiple wh-questions and wh-questions with coordinated wh-pronouns, coordination of two argument wh-phrases, transitivity restrictions and superiority effects.