Wh-questions in Malay: an explanation for the restriction of extraction to subject position with yang

• 主要作者: Wong, Bee Eng
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2008
• 在線閱讀: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1081/1/6-Wong_Bee_Eng_6.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1081/; http://www.ukm.my/~ppbl/3L/3LHome.html

In wh-question formation in standard Malay, only extraction from the subject position is possible. This is in contrast to the English language, where extraction is possible from positions lower than the subject position. In fact, in Malay, any argument in a position lower than that of a subject has...