Syntactic Theory
General Definition
WH-questions : also known as constituent question. The answer to a wh- question is expressed by a constituent that corresponds to the wh- phrase in the question. As the name implies, Wh- phrases are so called because they generally begin with wh- in English (who, what, which, where, when, why).
Example:
Wh- question: Who(m) did you invite? Jane. When did she call? After dinner. How did you come here? By bus.
WH-movement: this type of movement is involved in the derivation of wh- questions, it is known as wh- movement.
Example:
1.He called Lucy to come to his birthday party . Who did you call to come to his birthday party? (wh- movement) He called who to come to his birthday party? (wh- in situ)2.
He put the books on the desk. What did he do?! (wh- movement) He did what?! (wh- in situ)
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