Subliminal Island Effects in Japanese Complex NPs with Argument wh-in-situ

Nozomi Tanaka

doi:10.1162/LING.a.542

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Subliminal Island Effects in Japanese Complex NPs with Argument wh-in-situ

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Subliminal Island Effects in Japanese Complex NPs with Argument wh-in-situ

Nozomi Tanaka

Linguistic inquiry

09/18/2025

DOI: 10.1162/LING.a.542

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This squib reexamines the status of complex NP islands with argument wh-in-situ in Japanese based on four formal acceptability judgment experiments using a factorial definition of island effects. Contrary to the previous view that complex NP island effects are absent with argument wh-in-situ in Japanese, the results show subliminal island effects with relative clauses and noun complements with wh-in-situ, but not with binding dependencies. The squib refines the definition of subliminal island effects and discusses their theoretical implications.

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Title: Subtitle: Subliminal Island Effects in Japanese Complex NPs with Argument wh-in-situ
Creators: Nozomi Tanaka - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Linguistic inquiry
DOI: 10.1162/LING.a.542
ISSN: 0024-3892
eISSN: 1530-9150
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 09/18/2025
Academic Unit: Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures ; Center for Social Science Innovation
Record Identifier: 9984966332102771

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