Polar and Wh- Question Formation in Ekhwa Adara
Margaret Matte, Emmanuel Bawa, Jason Kandybowicz, Anne Nguyen, Joshua Quinn, Alaa Sharif, Josh Amaris, Aidan Malanoski, Olivia Mignone
December 2024
 

This paper presents the first description of polar and wh- interrogatives in Ekhwa Adara. In Ekhwa Adara, polar questions are optionally marked by sentence-initial Q particles and involve final-vowel lengthening and L% boundary tones, while wh- question formation involves optional wh- movement where the wh- item obliga- torily precedes a predetermined focus particle. Long-distance wh- movement is possible and requires pronominal resumption. Partial wh- movement is also possi- ble but seemingly does not require pronominal resumption. Indirect questions are formed via relativization, except when embedded under ‘ask’. Multiple wh- ques- tions exhibit an absence of superiority effects and multiple wh- fronting might be available, albeit possibly constrained by an anti-superiority condition.
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Reference: lingbuzz/008701
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Published in: To appear in Proceedings of ACAL 54
keywords: polar questions, wh- questions, ekhwa adara, syntax
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