Is There LF Wh-Movement?

An examination of wh-in-situ phenomena of three Quechua languages with reference to existing analyses of Chinese argues against the widely accepted hypothesis of wh-movement at logical form (LF). It is claimed that the facts of Ancash Quechua (AQ), where wh-in-situ does not display empty category pr...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 1994-04, Vol.25 (2), p.239-262
Main Authors: Cole, Peter, Hermon, Gabriella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjunct clauses
Generative and transformational grammars
Global theories
Grammatical clauses
Interrogatives
Linguistic complements
Linguistic theory
Linguistics
Movement analysis
Quechua language
Relative clauses
Sentence structure
South Amerindians
Syntactic movement
Syntax
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Summary:An examination of wh-in-situ phenomena of three Quechua languages with reference to existing analyses of Chinese argues against the widely accepted hypothesis of wh-movement at logical form (LF). It is claimed that the facts of Ancash Quechua (AQ), where wh-in-situ does not display empty category principle effects, strongly support an account using coindexation with an entity in the CP projection that behaves like a quantifier. Although the wh-word in situ has variable-like properties, they are not identical to those of wh-traces, contrary to universal grammar hypotheses based on Chinese. Possible approaches to an explanation of the sharp difference between Chinese & AQ are explored; complete elimination of movement rules from LF is rejected in the present analysis. 26 References. J. Hitchcock
ISSN:0024-3892
1530-9150