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Mayumi Hosono
I discuss multiple wh-questions from the perspective of information structure. I argue that information-structural effects differ between multiple wh-questions with a pair-list answer reading and ones with a single-answer reading, thus the way of deriving them in narrow syntax differs too. I claim that the spelled-out positions of wh-phrases are solely determined in the phonological component, specifically by the intonational properties of individual languages. I also argue that the Superiority Effect is derived from a conflicting pitch pattern caused by in-situ monosyllabic wh-subjects and no longer problematic in the current phase framework.
