Extreme Locality in Madurese Wh‐Questions

Abstract

Abstract. This article investigates the apparently three types of wh‐questions in Madurese—wh in situ, overt wh‐movement, and partial wh‐movement—and argues that the three are actually instantiations of a single wh‐in‐situ strategy and that the relation between the wh‐element and its operator obeys extreme locality. An analysis is proposed in which overt long distance and partial wh‐movement are actually reflexes of A‐movement to subject position in a proleptic‐object construction. Madurese wh‐phenomena are situated in term of Cole and Hermon's (1998) typology of wh‐movement. It is further suggested here that movement across clause boundaries is illicit in Madurese.

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