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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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64657 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X |