Article Title：Multiple wh-fronting
Abstract：
This article argues that overt multiple wh-fronting in languages like Bulgarian consists of moving a single wh-cluster to [Spec, CP]. The formation of wh-clusters is motivated by the assumption that wh-elements can act as landing sites for wh-movement due to morphological properties of wh-words. I further argue that languages such as Japanese constitute covert instances of this process of wh-cluster formation, accounting for intricate constraints on multiple wh-questions such as the so-called additional-wh effect, Another central claim of the article is that despite appearances, multiple wh-questions in German equally involve the formation of wh-clusters, which are shown to consist of one visible and one or more invisible wh-elements. This analysis provides a new account for the lack of short and the presence of long superiority effects in German.
Keywords: multiple wh-questions (Bulgarian, Japanese, German); wh-cluster; single-level theory of movement; additional-wh effect; superiority
DOI: 10.1162/002438901554595
Source：LINGUISTIC INQUIRY
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