The article discusses multiple wh-movement in Bulgarian and argues that: 1) the order of wh-phrases in Bulgarian multiple wh-fronting reflects, up to the finest degree, their pre-wh-movement order, and 2) all cases which seem to go against preservation of order (leading to seeming violations of Superiority) involve selective movements. The paper also offers a detailed structural description of the various properties of both bare and D-linked wh-phrases, and suggests an explanation for Superiority in terms of Relativized Minimality.

On the Order of wh-Phrases in Bulgarian Multiple wh-Fronting

KRAPOVA, Iliana;CINQUE, Guglielmo
2008-01-01

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The article discusses multiple wh-movement in Bulgarian and argues that: 1) the order of wh-phrases in Bulgarian multiple wh-fronting reflects, up to the finest degree, their pre-wh-movement order, and 2) all cases which seem to go against preservation of order (leading to seeming violations of Superiority) involve selective movements. The paper also offers a detailed structural description of the various properties of both bare and D-linked wh-phrases, and suggests an explanation for Superiority in terms of Relativized Minimality.
2008
Formal Description of Slavic Languages: The Fifth Conference, Leipzig 2003
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