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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 | (12) |
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1.2 Questions and Chinese questions |
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1.3 The meaning of questions |
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5 | (3) |
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1.4 Inquisitive semantics |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (2) |
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2 LF movement and binding in Chinese questions |
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13 | (28) |
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13 | (2) |
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2.2 The LF movement theory |
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15 | (4) |
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19 | (7) |
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2.4 The status of the particle -ne |
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26 | (6) |
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2.5 The diachronic semantics of the particle -ne |
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32 | (9) |
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3 Alternative semantics of questions in Chinese |
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41 | (34) |
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3.1 The alternative semantics theory |
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41 | (6) |
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3.2 Manner and causal wh-questions |
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47 | (7) |
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3.3 Verbal "zenme" questions |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (5) |
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3.5 Alternative questions |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (1) |
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3.7 The grammaticalization of the particle -ma |
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65 | (6) |
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3.8 Alternative semantics and inquisitive semantics |
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71 | (4) |
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4 Scope-marking of questions by phonological prominence |
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75 | (32) |
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4.1 Scope-marking of questions phonologically in Chinese |
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75 | (6) |
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4.2 Experimental data for the scope-marking strategy |
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81 | (14) |
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4.3 Cross-linguistic comparisons of scope-marking of wh-questions |
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95 | (3) |
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4.4 Focus and wh-pronouns |
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98 | (5) |
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4.5 Scope isomorphism of focus and its computational derivation |
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103 | (4) |
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5 Revisiting the argument-adjunct asymmetry |
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107 | (15) |
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5.7 Argument-adjunct asymmetry of Chinese wh-in-situ |
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108 | (1) |
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5.2 The nominal-adverbial asymmetry |
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109 | (1) |
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5.3 Operator movement and its problems |
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110 | (3) |
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5.4 A correlational account of island sensitivity |
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113 | (3) |
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5.5 A phonological reason for adjoining to scope positions |
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116 | (2) |
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5.6 Island constraints of A-not-A questions explained |
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118 | (4) |
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6 A Distributional account of existential wh-indefinites |
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122 | (21) |
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6.1 Distributions of interrogative and existential wh-indefinites |
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122 | (8) |
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6.2 Alternative semantics and existential readings of wh-indefinites |
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130 | (5) |
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6.3 Syntactic and phonological factors that disfavor existential readings |
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135 | (2) |
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6.4 Pragmatic reasoning and licensors of existential readings |
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137 | (2) |
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6.5 Scope variability of Chinese existential wh-indefinites |
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139 | (4) |
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143 | (5) |
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7.1 Theoretical contributions of the interface approach |
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143 | (2) |
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7.2 Limitations and further research directions |
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145 | (3) |
Appendix |
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148 | (20) |
References |
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168 | (8) |
Index |
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