The syntactic analysis of "wh-" in situ Echo Questions in Spanish
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Vol 40 (2013), Articles, pages 65-92
Submitted: 03-05-2013
Accepted: 03-05-2013
Abstract
It is well known that crosslinguistically wh- Echo Questions present considerable challenges to traditional theories of syntax of standard wh-interrogatives, since they systematically appear to contradict general claims about question formation, manifesting, for example, wh-phrase in situ. This article presents some novel facts concerning the syntax of Spanish wh- Echo Questions and provides an analysis that accounts for their key syntactic features.
Keywords:
Echo Questions, wh-interrogatives, wh-phrase, in situ