On A-bar movements in Bulgarian and their interaction

Abstract

I argue for a discourse-oriented projection in the CP field based on two seemingly unrelated phenomena: the penetrability of the wh-cluster in a multiple wh-fronting construction in Bulgarian and the order of topics with respect to fronted focused phrases. I show that an adjunct can break sequences of fronted wh-phrases in Bulgarian. However, it can follow only the first wh-phrase. Furthermore, no intervening material is allowed in the presence of a topic. My analysis of these facts provides support for Boskovic's (1998a) Economy/Focus Movement account of multiple wh-fronting as an epiphenomenon with one modification: topic and focus are licensed in the same projection, ΔP, which C takes as a complement (cf Uriagereka, 1995a,b). I claim that only one wh-phrase is in SpecCP while its copy and the rest of the wh-phrases are in SpecΔP. Intonation considerations force the pronunciation of the wh-cluster below the topic, and the same factor determines the order of fronted topics and foci.

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