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	{{~~other~~}}		'''Parasitic gap''' is an [[empty category]] which is [[licensing\|licensed]] by the occurrence of another empty category in the [[sentence]]. Thus in a sentence like

			(i) which books did you file t without reading e

			the [[operator]] ''which'' is interpreted not only as binder of the [[direct object]] ''t'' of ''file'', but also as licenser of the direct object ''e'' of ''reading''. Evidence that the gap in the [[adjunct clause]] is really 'parasitic', i.e. that we do not have something like a 'double trace' configuration, is provided by the pair of sentences in (ii) and (iii) (Kearney (1983), cited in Chomsky 1986b).

			(ii) which books about himself did John file t [before Mary read e]
			(iii) * which books about herself did John file t [before Mary read e]

			Since a moved [[wh-phrase\|''wh''-phrase]] can be interpreted as if it were in its [[base]]-position (see [[reconstruction]]), an anaphor in it may be bound as if it were in the ''wh''-phrase's base-position. From the fact that the [[anaphor]] in these examples can only be bound by the [[subject]] of the [[matrix clause]] (''John'') and not by the subject of the adjunct clause (''Mary''), we can conclude that the ''wh''-phrase can only have been moved from t, not from e. Also see [[operator movement]], [[chain composition]], [[empty operator]].

			=== Links ===

			[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Parasitic+gap&lemmacode=377 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

			=== References ===

			* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
			* Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
			* Engdahl, E. 1983. ''Parasitic Gaps,'' in: Lingusitics and Philosophy 6, pp.5-34
			* Kearney, K. 1983. ''Governing Categories,'' Ms.U. of Connecticut, Storrs.
			* Taraldsen, K.T. 1981. ''The Theoretical Interpretation of a Class of Marked Extractions,'' in:A. Belletini, L. Brandi, and L. Rizzi (eds.) Theory of Markedness in Generative Grammar, Proceedings of the 1979 GLOW Conference, 475-616, Scuola Normale Superiore: Pisa.

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