Rethinking Wh-island Effects in Chinese

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Title:	Rethinking Wh-island Effects in Chinese
Authors:	Yang, Barry C.-Y.;Hsu, Ting-ting Christina;Kikushima, Kazunori
Keywords:	wh-island effect;D-linking;how-many;wh-in-situ;strong island effect
Date:	2022-01-18
Issue Date:	2022-02-15 12:11:27 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	The traditional observation that Chinese wh-arguments do not exhibit wh-island effects may be only apparent. With new evidence from “how-many” phrases, it is demonstrated that Chinese has wh-island effects even with wh-arguments. What nullifies such effects is in fact the disguise of D-linkedness. Although the lack of wh-island effects seems to pattern Chinese wh-construals with Japanese ones, further tests show that these two languages are still different with respect to strong island effects, (anti-)crossing effects, and multiple wh-interpretations. The finding leads to the need to reinvestigate the mechanisms underlying the scope-taking wh-elements of wh-in-situ languages on the one hand, and those triggering wh-island effects on the other.
Relation:	Studies in Chinese Linguistics 42(2)
DOI:	10.2478/scl-2021-0005
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute & Department of Japanese] Journal Article

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