Publication

2003 - John Benjamins Pub., Amsterdam, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

72,250 words, Guess

Page Count

289 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

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Classifications

  • DDC415
  • LCCP158.17 .M85 2003eb
  • LCCP158.17

Description

Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the "classic" multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malagasy, Persian, Yiddish), explorations for languages that don't obviously fall into this category (German, Hungarian), peripheral effects (optionality o.

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Series Statement

  • Linguistik aktuell = -- Linguistics today -- v. 64
  • Linguistik aktuell -- Bd. 64.

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