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Wh-island Effects in Chinese: A formal experimental study
Xu Chen
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 282] 2024
► pp. 49–80

Chapter 4
Wh-island Effects in Chinese

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
  • Notes