Complementiser Phrase: The Case of English Wh-Embedded Clauses

Ali Akbar Jabbari; Ali Akbar Ariamanesh

Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2015, , Pages 155-131

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2015.3191

Abstract
  English main-clause wh-questions form complementiser phrases with wh-words preposed to spec-C position. This is because English wh-words, as verb-complements originally, are strong enough to trigger wh-movement and auxiliary inversion. Persian EFL learners encounter an over-differentiation problem regarding ...  Read More