The Even Yearbook 7 (2006)
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volume: 7 (2006)
author: Gizella Mária Nagy
title: Multiple questions in English, German and Hungarian: A cluster-based approach
keywords: syntax, multiple movement, multiple wh-question, operator, wh-phrase, wh-cluster
abstract: The aim of the paper is to present a cluster-based approach to multiple questions. In accordance with the Cluster Hypothesis, it is assumed that wh-phrases that take part in multiple movement to the same head form a cluster, and this cluster takes the last step of movement to the target position. It will be shown that cross-linguistic differences arise due to the availability of cluster formation in particular languages: the different orderings of wh-phrases in English and German multiple questions can be easily accounted for if we argue that German is a language capable of wh-cluster formation, whereas English is not. Furthermore, a cluster-based analysis of Hungarian multiple questions will also be carried out, deriving the possible orders and impossible combinations of wh-phrases in multiple questions.
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