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Intervention Effects and Topic Interpretation: A Study of Scopal Constraints on Questions

Intervention Effects and Topic Interpretation: A Study of Scopal Constraints on Questions

Jin, Dawei

Hardcover

ChineseLinguistics

ISBN10: 1041219970
ISBN13: 9781041219972
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 20 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book provides a new take on the longstanding puzzle of intervention effects in questions, whereby specific scopal expressions block the interpretation of wh-elements when they occupy a particular position in the semantic representation.

Its central argument is that intervention effects are not a homogeneous phenomenon with a uniform underlying structure mapped to a single interpretive mechanism. Rather, they have distinct sources--a distinction that, to date, has not been systematically made in the study of intervention. The work distinguishes two types of intervention: one stemming from focus-based interpretation failure and another rooted in topicality constraints. Consequently, it proposes a new typology that clarifies the field and paves the way for future cross-linguistic research.

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