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wh-islands

wh-islands is the plural of wh-island.

Meaning of wh-island

Noun

wh-island (plural wh-islands)

  1. 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.
    • Extraction of a non-argument XP from a wh-island typically gives rise to strong deviance […]2011, Gereon Müller, Constraints on Displacement: A Phase-based Approach

Questions about wh-islands

What is wh-islands the plural of?
Wh-islands is the plural of wh-island.

Words near wh-islands in the dictionary

  1. wh*res
  2. wh- question
  3. wh- questions
  4. wh-in-situ
  5. wh-island
  6. wh-islands
  7. wh-movement
  8. wh-movements
  9. wh-question
  10. wh-questions
  11. wh-word

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