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Syntactic Theory » Focus and Content » Government & Binding (GB) » Wh-Movement

Syntactic Theory


Introduction

The central theme is Wh-movement, which has been generally discussed in the linguistic class. Here, you could get further knowledge and sorts of exercises to enrich what you have learnt in class.

Press here to begin step by step: Organization

Or you could choose following topics directly:

  • Introduction
    • Organization
    • General definition
  • Different Types and Constraints
    • Wh-Movement in the Main Clause
    • Constraints on Wh-movement
    • Wh-movement in the Relative Clause
    • Wh-movement in the Subordinate Clause
    • Pied-piping
  • Conclusion of Wh-movement

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