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Lin, Jo-Wang – Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 1998
Investigates the distribution of existential polarity wh-phrases (EPWs) in Chinese that behave like negative polarity items, examining the distribution of Chinese EPWs and arguing that using EPWs is felicitous if the local propositions in which they appear do not entail existence of a referent satisfying the EPW description. The paper considers…
Descriptors: Chinese, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)