Loss of Overt Wh-Movement in Old Japanese

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Abstract This chapter considers the mechanism which drives overt wh-movement. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 10.2 starts by describing the system of wh-questions in Old Japanese. The core empirical material is based on the recent discovery that overt displacement of an entire wh-phrase once existed in Old Japanese and was lost subsequently. Section 10.3 examines this and relates changes while Section 10.4 turns to a theoretical account of these changes.

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