Clause-internal preposing in Late Archaic Chinese

In this thesis I investigate the preverbal positioning of wh and non-wh-phrases in Late Archaic Chinese (LAC) and the Intervention Effect (Beck 1996a). I first explore non-wh-fronting and discover two landing sites for preposed DPs. Non-wh-objects fronted to the higher position in the left periphery...

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Main Author: Wang, Aiqing
Other Authors: Sells, Peter
Published: University of York 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.693115