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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In generative syntax, a '''CP-reduction''' is a process which deletes [[CP]] (also known as S-bar deletion). <br />
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===Examples===<br />
In (i) ''expect'' assigns structural accusative ''Case'' to the subject (''Greg'') of its [[complement clause]] (''Greg to win''). This should not be possible if this clause were a full [[CP]], because ''expect'' could not govern the subject in that case ([[CP]] would be a [[barrier]]). If expects deletes CP, [[government]] is possible, as the remaining IP is not a [[barrier]] to [[government]].<br />
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(i) ''Everybody expected [<sub>IP</sub> Greg to win ]''<br />
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CP-reduction has also been assumed to obtain in [[Raising to Subject]] constructions such as (ii):<br />
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(ii) ''John seems [<sub>IP</sub> t to have won ]''<br />
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In order for the trace of ''John'' to be [[properly governed]] by the matrix [[verb]], the embedded clause may not be a [[barrier]].<br />
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===Comment===<br />
CP-reduction has been proposed to explain [[Exceptional Case Marking]] (ECM).<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=CP-reduction&lemmacode=948 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===References===<br />
{{: Chomsky 1981}}<br />
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