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Pesetsky, David (1999). Phrasal Movement and its Kin.
URL: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/pesetsky/wh.pdf
(Last accessed 2005-02-15).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 94&langcode=jpn (2021-09-30).
Example #1:
a. ???John-ga [MIT-ka Harvard]-ni nani-o ageta no?
John-NOM [MIT-or Harvard]-Dat what-ACC gave Q
'What did John give MIT or Harvard?'
Example #2:
b. Dare-ga [MIT-ka Harvard]-ni nani-o ageta no?
who-NOM [MIT-or Harvard]-Dat what-ACC gave Q
'What did who give MIT or Harvard?' [single-pair only]
Example #3:
a. ?*[John-ka Bill]-ga dare-ni nani-o ageta no?
John or Bill-NOM who-DAT what-ACC gave Q
'What did John or Bill give to who?'
Example #4:
a. Hanako-ga gakusei-o dareka yonda (koto)
Hanako-NOM student-ACC some invited (fact)
'(the fact that) Hanako invited some student'
Example #5:
c. Hanako-sika gakusei-o darekai yoba-nakat-ta (koto)
Hanako-only student-ACC some invite-Neg-Past fact
'(the fact that) only Hanako invited some student'
Example #6:
Nani-o John-wa [CP Mary-ga ___ tabeta ka] siritagatteiru no?
what-ACC John-TOP Mary-NOM ate Q want-to-know Q
Only: 'What did John want to know whether Mary ate.'
Example #7:
Nani-o John-wa [CP Mary-ga ___ tabeta ka] siritagatteiru.
what-ACC John-TOP Mary-NOM ate Q want-to-know
'John wanted to know what Mary ate?'
Example #8:
??John-wa [Mary -ga nani -o katta ka dooka] siritagatte-iru no?
John TOP Mary NOM what ACC bought whether know-want Q
`What does John want to know whether Mary bought?
Example #9:
John-wa [Mary-ga nani -o katta ka dooka] dare -ni tazuneta no?
John TOP Mary NOM what ACC bought whether who DAT asked Q
`Who did John ask whether Mary bought what?'