ABSTRACT
This chapter provides argumentation in support of the assumption made in Chapter 3 that wh-phrases raise overtly to the SpecCP of the Conjunct clause in a simple direct wh-construction; that is, I argue in favor of a uni-clausal analysis of constructions which are minimally of the form [wh-phrase VCJ]. 1 This concurs with Baker’s (1996) analysis of wh-constructions in Mohawk (Iroquoian), but not with Blain (1997), who argues that simple (direct) wh-questions in Plains Cree are cleft (i.e., bi-clausal) constructions. 2 Both Baker’s and Blain’s analyses are discussed in some detail in this chapter, the latter in particular because it is the most extensive study to date of wh-question formation in a CMN dialect.
