Wh-phrase

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Wh-phrase is a constituent that is somehow characterized as a question operator. A wh-phrase can be a word, what in (i)a, or an entire phrase, which books on quantum physics in (i)b. 

(i) a  What have they bought?
    b  Which books on quantum physics have they bought?

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Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics


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