Wh-questions in V-initial languages

i Acknowledgements I still cannot believe that it's been two years since I moved to Toronto, and that I have finished my forum paper. I have never written a paper of this size, even in Japanese, in my life. I have learned so many things in the last year through this work. The most valuable thing that I learned is the importance of my friends and my teachers. Without them, I would not have been able to finish this paper. And I feel hesitant to put only my name on the cover page of this paper and not theirs as well. I feel very lucky that I was able to study with good people at U of T, and I'd like to thank everyone I met at the Department of Linguistics over the last two years. Elizabeth Cowper, my forum advisor, is certainly the person who I would like to thank first and most. Without Elizabeth's supervision, I could not handle writing this paper. I remember so well the time I was [bIÙIN] about the recent development of Minimalism. Elizabeth was kind enough to acknowledge my take on syntax, leaving aside the question of whether I was wrong, and let me go with the way that I felt comfortable. She was also very patient, and good at sorting my scattered pieces of thought. She was very patient with my [Ãapani:zW iNgWÕiSW˚]. Elizabeth is certainly a great linguist with broad understanding of linguistics and precise direction. Diane Massam, the " 1.5th " reader of this paper, is another great linguist (and one of my fellow detectives) whom I would like to thank a lot. There are so many reasons I don't want to call her the second reader. As the readers will see, I relied in this paper so much on Diane's work. Also, Diane was the one who encouraged me so much and gave me hope when I was about to desert from CLA presentation in May 2002. Yes, the trip to Cornell for AFLA with Diane and Raph in April was an unforgettable experience. I also owe the forum/graduate coordinator, Alana Johns, quite a bit. It must have been quite a task to deal with seven MA students every Tuesday morning. The forum class of 2002-2003 led by Alana was a major success. Speaking of the forum class, it was certainly an exceptional class, as all of us — …