Wh-questions in Kitharaka

This paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages can be explained if it is assumed that wh-movement is universally triggered...

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Autor principal:	Peter Kinyua Muriungi
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2005
Materias:	Kitharaka questions focus wh-movement Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c0c8fd2127e54c8895270eb7d840cfc42021-11-19T03:53:12ZWh-questions in Kitharaka10.32473/sal.v34i1.1073320039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c0c8fd2127e54c8895270eb7d840cfc42005-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107332https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages can be explained if it is assumed that wh-movement is universally triggered by [+wh] and [+focus] features, both of which are [+interpretable] and can be specified as [±strong]. For Kitharaka, I argue that wh-movement is triggered by a strong [+focus] feature in a functional head (Foc). The strong [+focus] feature on a focus head is morphologically manifested by a focus marker which attaches to a fronted wh-phrase, and in case of long wh-movement, by the focus markers that may appear on embedded clauses crossed by overt wh-movement. Wh-in situ occurs when no strong [+focus] features are introduced in the syntax (Muriungi 2003,2004).Peter Kinyua MuriungiLibraryPress@UFarticleKitharakaquestionsfocuswh-movementPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 34, Iss 1 (2005)
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description	This paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages can be explained if it is assumed that wh-movement is universally triggered by [+wh] and [+focus] features, both of which are [+interpretable] and can be specified as [±strong]. For Kitharaka, I argue that wh-movement is triggered by a strong [+focus] feature in a functional head (Foc). The strong [+focus] feature on a focus head is morphologically manifested by a focus marker which attaches to a fronted wh-phrase, and in case of long wh-movement, by the focus markers that may appear on embedded clauses crossed by overt wh-movement. Wh-in situ occurs when no strong [+focus] features are introduced in the syntax (Muriungi 2003,2004).
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Wh-questions in Kitharaka

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