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June 11, 2026Concentric Studies in Linguistics

Wh -conditionals are more interrogative than not

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HLHaoze LiCBChigchi Bai

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Overview

Demonstrates that wh-conditionals express conditional meaning, indicating a closer relationship to wh-questions.

Key Points

  • The aim is to investigate the nature of wh-conditionals and their relationship to interrogative meaning in different languages.
  • Analyzed wh-constructs in Khorchin Mongolian to compare with previous studies on Mandarin.
  • Examined the theoretical frameworks of variable binding and question-based interpretations of wh-expressions.
  • Confirmed that wh-conditionals are linguistically closer to wh-questions than to non-interrogative wh-constructions.
  • Showed that the question-based approach reconciles challenges posed to the variable-binding theory.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a512e80c8f91e7f39d807https://doi.org/10.1075/consl.25001.li
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