Wh-in-situ does not correlate with Wh-indefinites or question particles

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-166

  Bruening, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indeterminate pronouns; Question particles; Unselective binding; Wh in situ; Wh movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847069549     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ling.2007.38.1.139     Document Type: Article

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