Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- Part II Locality
- 10 Wh-Movement: Unbounded Dependencies, Islands, Subjacency and Barriers
- 11 Covert Movement, Copy Theory and Reconstruction
- 12 Phases and Phase Impenetrability
- 13 Types of Locality: Phases and Relativised Minimality
- 14 The Syntax of Silence I: Ellipsis
- 15 The Syntax of Silence II: Empty Pronouns
- 16 Wrapping up: Parameters, Features and Futures
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
10 - Wh-Movement: Unbounded Dependencies, Islands, Subjacency and Barriers
from Part II - Locality
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Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- Part II Locality
- 10 Wh-Movement: Unbounded Dependencies, Islands, Subjacency and Barriers
- 11 Covert Movement, Copy Theory and Reconstruction
- 12 Phases and Phase Impenetrability
- 13 Types of Locality: Phases and Relativised Minimality
- 14 The Syntax of Silence I: Ellipsis
- 15 The Syntax of Silence II: Empty Pronouns
- 16 Wrapping up: Parameters, Features and Futures
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter and the next two focus on wh-movement and what it can tell us about locality. We look first at the basic properties of wh-movement, then at the evidence that this movement relation is apparently unbounded, followed by a discussion of the very important class of ‘island phenomena’, which lead to the conclusion that wh-movement is not in fact unbounded despite initial appearances. We next look at the subjacency condition, a condition intended to provide a unified account of island phenomena. Finally, we look at the theory of barriers, an important refinement of subjacency.
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- Continuing SyntaxHierarchy and Locality, pp. 197 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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Further Reading
Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax: A minimalist approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapters 9 and 10.10.1093/oso/9780199243709.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chomsky, N. 1977. On Wh-movement. In Culicover, Peter, Wasow, Thomas & Akmajian, Adrian (eds.), Formal Syntax. New York: Academic Press, 71–132.Google Scholar
Radford, A. 2016. Analysing English Sentences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Chapters 6 and 7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ross, J. R. 1967. Constraints on variables in syntax. PhD dissertation, MIT. Published as Ross, 1986.Google Scholar
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