Asymmetry in Emphatic Topicalization

Southern German of the Austro-Bavarian type is known for its disrespect of the Doubly-Filled-COMP Filter (DFCF). Wh-questions and relative clauses are generally formed by moving the wh-phrase or the relative operator to the specifier of an overt complementizer. The examples in (1) and (2) from Bayer (1984) illustrate the construction: (1) a. I woaß ned wer daß des dõa hot INDIRECT QUESTION I know not who that this done has 'I don't know who did this' b. I woaß ned wiavui daß-a kriagt I know not how-much that-he gets 'I don't know how much he will get' (2) a. Der Mantl den wo i kafft hob RELATIVE the coat which that I bought have 'The coat which I bought' b. Des Audo des wo i mecht the car which that I want 'The car which I would like to have' In Bayer (1984) the phrase structure of these constructions was represented in the S, S', S'' system, and it was assumed that there are two complementiz-ers, one of which (COMP2) hosts the operator while the other (COMP1) is filled with the complementizer. The shortcomings of this analysis are easily First publ. in: Audiatur vox sapientiae / Caroline Féry ...