wh-island
English
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a. John wonders where Eric went to buy a gift. |
Noun
editwh-island (plural wh-islands)
- (grammar) An island (phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted) created by an embedded sentence that is a dependent clause introduced by a wh-word.
- 2011, Gereon Müller, Constraints on Displacement: A Phase-based Approach:
- Extraction of a non-argument XP from a wh-island typically gives rise to strong deviance […]