Multiple Wh -Questions: Logical form and paired list readings
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Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- The phenomenon of wh-fronting.
- Context dependent questions.
- The use of wh-fronting for diagnosing scope.
- Issues at stake when discussing multiple wh-questions.
- Multiple wh-questions and pair answers.
- Conclusion.
Abstract
In her paper "multiple Wh questions," Veneeta Dayal takes a comprehensive approach to the topic of questions involving multiple wh-elements. She begins the paper by discussing the way in which a study of multiple wh-questions might provide valuable insight into important theoretical claims, including the claim that there exists an intermediary level of syntactic form known as logical form (LF), and that certain Universal Grammar (UG) principles known to apply to overt syntactic representation may or may not apply at LF. Dayal goes on to note that phrases involving wh-elements are especially helpful for investigating "syntactic dependencies because in many languages [wh-elements] appear at the periphery of the clause, in the position at which they are assumed to be interpreted" (3).
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