On the Derivation of Subject wh-Words and Theory of Cartography

• Published in: Fudan journal of the humanities and social sciences Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 329 - 357
• Main Authors: Jarrah, Marwan, Al-Deaibes, Mutasim, Al Qaisiya, Fatima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Economics; Original Paper; Philosophy; Social Sciences; Expletives; The low IP area; Jordanian Arabic; Wh-movement; Criterial freezing

In this article, we examine the syntactic derivation of subject wh-words in Jordanian Arabic. Firstly, we provide empirical evidence that questions with a subject wh-word are syntactically derived by overt movement of the given subject wh-word to the left periphery. This empirical evidence is based...