Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies

Published by: Deanship of Scientific Research, Al-Ahliyya Amman University

ISSN (Print Version): 1684-0615, ISSN (Online Version): 2616-2814

Open Access Journal

Multiple Wh-Question in Arabic


Volume 5, Issue No 1, 1997

Pages: 105 - 135

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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.



Keywords

Wh-Question - Arabic.


Subjects


Citation

Al-Shorafat, M. &  

Farghal, M.

  (1997).

  Multiple Wh-Question in Arabic.

  Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies,

  5

(1),

  105-

135.