Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: It is proposed that wh-islands with degree questions are unacceptable because they cannot be given a most informative true answer. Wh-islands thus are shown to be similar to other cases of weak islands which have been argued to result from Maximization Failure, in particular negative islands (cf. Fox & Hackl 2007). Permanent DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/sp.4.5 BibTeX info
Source: Semantics and Pragmatics
DOI: 10.3765/sp.4.5
Author: Marta Abrusan
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2039880516