Abstract
The main concern of this paper is to investigate the syntactic
properties of multiple wh-Questions in Arabic. An adequate
account for handling this important phenomenon in the grammar
mi Archie ‘Will be proposed, It will be shown that in addition to S-structure and D- structure, Arabic possesses a third level of representation, that is,
logical form (LF). It will be argued that while wh-movement at S- structure
is a substitution process, at LF it is an adjunction process.
It will also be demonstrated that the Empty Category
Principle at LF plays a crucial role in explaining the well - formedness
conditions placed on the generation and movement of multiple
wh-questions in Arabic.