Adding a Third Wh-Phrase Does Not Increase the Acceptability of Object-Initial Multiple-Wh-Questions

This paper quantitatively evaluates the empirical claim that adding a third wh-phrase to object-initial multiple-wh-questions increases their acceptability (e.g., Bolinger 1978, Kayne 1983)—a claim that posed a problem for accounts of the subject/object asymmetry in multiple-wh-questions (e.g., Chom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fedorenko, Evelina G., Gibson, Edward A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64657
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X