Word order of interrogative phrases (Hungarian)

InitIP: The word order of interrogative phrases is obligatorily sentence-initial.


(1) mikor esz-ik dóri csoki-t?

when eat-prs.3sg Dóri chocolate-acc?

‘When does Dori eat chocolate?’


(2) ki-vel együtt süt-i meg dóri a tortá-t?

who-com together bake-prs.obj.3sg pref Dóri the cake-acc?

‘Whom is Dori baking the cake with?’


In Hungarian, the question word always appears at the beginning of the neutral clauses (cf. Kenesei et al. 1998: 10).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás