Adding a Third Wh-phrase Does Not Increase the Acceptability of Object-initial Multiple-wh-questions
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Adding a Third Wh-phrase Does Not Increase the Acceptability of Object-initial Multiple-wh-questions
This paper quantitatively evaluates the empirical claim that adding a third wh-phrase to object-initial multiple-wh-questions increases their acceptability (e.g., Bolinger 1978, Kayne 1983)—a claim that posed a problem for accounts of the subject/object asymmetry in multiplewh-questions (e.g., Chomsky 1973, 1993; Lasnik & Saito 1984; Pesetsky 1987, 2000; Richards 2001). Recently, Clifton et al....
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عنوان ژورنال: Syntax
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1368-0005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9612.2010.00138.x