Question-word Movement Universal: All languages that move WH-question word to clause-peripheral position move it to the left, not the right.
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Question-word Movement Universal: IF there is a WH-question word movement to clause-peripheral position, THEN it proceeds to the left, not to the right.
1. Hawkins argues that this universal can be explained by Fodor’s (1983) principle “Fillers First” (The human processor prefers to process fillers before their subcategorizors or gaps).2. Bach (1971: 160): If a language has a movement rule for interrogatives then it will always move the interrogative to the left, never to the right.
1. Hawkins argues that this universal can be explained by Fodor’s (1983) principle “Fillers First” (The human processor prefers to process fillers before their subcategorizors or gaps).2. Bach (1971: 160): If a language has a movement rule for interrogatives then it will always move the interrogative to the left, never to the right.