Reduced Embedded Questions with Multiple Wh-phrases in Chakhar Mongolian
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This paper provides a detailed description of reduced embedded questions with multiple wh-phrases in Chakhar Mongolian and proposes to analyze them in terms of a reduced cleft analysis. We argue that reduced questions with multiple wh-phrases in Chakhar Mongolian can be directly derived by applying subject ellipsis, which is independently allowed in Chakhar Mongolian, to presuppositional clauses of embedded multiple cleft sentences. Our proposal is supported by observations that reduced questions and multiple cleft construction in Chakhar Mongolian exhibit parallel properties, including case-marked wh-phrases and adherence to the clause-mate condition.
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