The syntax of wh-movement in multiple (true and echo) questions. A Q-particle approach

• Autores: Ekaterina Chernova Tupíkina
• Directores de la Tesis: Avel-lina Suñer Gratacós (dir. tes.), Ángel J. Gallego Bartolomé (codir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universitat de Girona ( España ) en 2015
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Ma. Lluïsa Hernanz Carbó (presid.), Ricardo Etxepare (secret.), Aritz Irurtzun Sviaguincheva (voc.)
• Materias:
  • Lingüística
    • Lingüística sincrónica
      • Sintaxis y análisis sintáctico
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
• Resumen

  • This dissertation studies typological distinctions among wh-fronting languages with respect to syntax of multiple questions. The main goal of this study is twofold: to provide a unified syntactic account of different patterns of wh-movement in true multiple wh-questions in general, and in echo wh-questions in particular. The dissertation proposes an account on how languages resorting to multiple wh-fronting (e.g. Russian) can be captured within Q-theory (Cable 2010), initially proposed for languages with single wh-fronting (e.g. English). It is argued that analysing the formation of wh­questions with a unifying theory and in a comparative way can shed light not only on the canonical interrogative syntax, but also on such understudied phenomena as echo wh-questions. This dissertation extends the crosslinguistic study of echo questions by presenting novel evidence that multiple wh­fronting languages do exhibit overt wh-fronting in echo questions.