Focus fronting in wh-questions in Inuktitut

• Main Author: Sherkina-Lieber, Marina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto 2004
• Subjects: Inuktitut; Focus; Wh-Questions; Wh-Fronting; The Landing; inuktitut
• Online Access: https://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/twpl/article/view/6204

Contrary to previous work on word order in Inuktitut wh-questions (Gillon 1999, 2000), I argue that fronting of wh-words in Inuktitut is not wh-movement to Spec, CP for clause-typing or licensing, but it is focus-driven movement, most likely to a position adjoined to vP. I show that Inuktitut word o...