In:Wh-island Effects in Chinese: A formal experimental study
Xu Chen
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 282] 2024
► pp. 49–80
Chapter 4Wh-island Effects in Chinese
Published online: 5 February 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.282.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.282.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Controversy 1: Argument and adjunct asymmetry
- 4.1.1Preliminaries
- 4.1.2Theoretical accounts
- 4.1.2.1Covert wh-movement and loss of subjacency at LF
- 4.1.2.2Binding and overt Qu operator movement
- 4.1.2.3Unselective binding and covert wh-movement
- 4.1.3Empirical dissension
- 4.2Controversy 2: Subject and object asymmetry
- 4.2.1Introduction
- 4.2.2Contentions
- 4.2.3Solution
- 4.3Controversy 3: D-linked and non-D-linked asymmetry
- 4.3.1D-linking and island effects in general
- 4.3.2D-linking and wh-island effects in Chinese
- 4.3.3Revisiting D-linking and island effects
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