Obligatory Overt Wh-Movement in a Wh-in-Situ Language  

Oleh:

Simpson, Andrew ; Bhattacharya, Tanmoy

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Linguistic Inquiry (ada di JSTOR) vol. 34 no. 1 (2003), page 127-142.
Topik: wh-movement; wh-in-situ; South Asian languages
Fulltext: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 127-142.pdf (1.72MB)

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Bangla has commonly been assumed to be an SOV wh-in-situ lan- guage. Here it is suggested that both of these characterizations are incorrect and that Bangla actually has obligatory overt wh-movement from a basic SVO word order. This is disguised by a conspiracy of factors but revealed in restrictions on wh-scope and certain apparently optional word order possibilities with complement clauses. Adopting a different perspective on the SOV status of Bangla allows for a simple explanation of the patterns observed and raises the possibility that other "wh-in-situ" languages may also have (obligatory) overt wh- movement.

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