Reverse Island Effects and the Backward Search for a Licensor in Multiple Wh-Questions

Syntax

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-203

  Sprouse, Jon ^a   Fukuda, Shin ^b   Ono, Hajime ^c   Kluender, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79955747126     PISSN: 13680005     EISSN: 14679612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9612.2011.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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