Multiple question

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Question with more than one wh-phrase.

Example

Who bought what? In English, a multiple question has all but one of its wh-phrases in situ, since only one wh-phrase may be fronted (see wh-in-situ). Some languages display multiple wh-fronting.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.