• the morpho-syntax of silent wh-expressions in wolof

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    • تاریخ ارائه: 1392/03/01
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    this paper analyzes the morphology and syntax of wh-expressions and agreeing complementizers in wolof, an atlantic language. i argue that wolof possesses a set of null wh-expressions, in addition to a set of overt ones. the null wh-expressions occur in a relative clause-like construction in which they trigger agreement on a complementizer. i examine the properties of the null wh-expressions and compare them to their overt counterparts in wolof. i provide evidence that the null wh-expressions, like the overt ones, move successive cyclically, and may trigger agreement on intermediate complementizers that occur in the movement pathway. i also compare the wolof construction to a superficially similar complementizer agreement construction in the bantu language kinande, and to null operators in german and wh-drop in dutch.

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