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On a non-argument question particle in content questions

This paper examines an interrogative structure in Kashmiri which contains a non-argument question particle functioning as a marker of interrogation in content questions. The structure involves the finite clausal complement containing a Q-phrase. A question particle kya appears in the matrix clause of this structure projecting the scope of the embedded Q-phrase to the matrix clause. Q-phrases in Kashmiri are encliticised to TENSE. The language uses an overt extraction strategy to assign matrix scope to an embedded Q-phrase (Raina, 1996). The occurrence of a non-argument question particle in the matrix clause is an altemative strategy of matrix scope assignment in this language.