Abstract
Wh-operators in Iraqi Arabic (IA) have the option of appearing in the Comp node or in their base position (in-situ). Like English, the wh-operator appears in Comp and the questioned site is marked by a gap:
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(1)a.
menoi Mona shaafa e i?
Who Mona saw
‘Who did Mona see?’
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(1)b.
weyya menoi Mona xarjat e i ?
with whom Mona left?
‘With whom did Mona leave?’
Like Turkish (Hankamer 1975), Imbabura Quechua (Cole 1981), and Chinese (Huang 1982), wh-operators may optionally occur in their base position:
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(2)a.
Monai shaafat menoi?
Mona saw whom?
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(2)b.
Mona xarjat weyya meno?
Mona left with whom?
‘With whom did Mona leave?’
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(2)c.
memo ishtara sheno min ?ajl meno?
who bought what for whom
‘Who bought what for whom?’
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Wahba, W.AF.B. (1992). LF Movement in Iraqi Arabic. In: Huang, CT.J., May, R. (eds) Logical Structure and Linguistic Structure. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3472-9_9
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