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'''Subject Condition''' is a [[Condition on Extraction Domain]], stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects. | '''Subject Condition''' is a [[Condition on Extraction Domain]], stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects. | ||
| − | + | == Example == | |
| − | + | This condition accounts for the ill-formedness of (i) and (ii), where ''who'' and ''what'' are extracted from the subject of the complement sentence. | |
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(i) * I wonder who [<sub>IP</sub> [books of t] are on the table] | (i) * I wonder who [<sub>IP</sub> [books of t] are on the table] | ||
(ii) * I wonder what [<sub>IP</sub> [reading t] would be boring] | (ii) * I wonder what [<sub>IP</sub> [reading t] would be boring] | ||
| − | + | == Links == | |
| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subject+Condition&lemmacode=287 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subject+Condition&lemmacode=287 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | * Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | ||
* Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' Linguistic review, 369-416 | * Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' Linguistic review, 369-416 | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:59, 16 August 2014
Definition
Subject Condition is a Condition on Extraction Domain, stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects.
Example
This condition accounts for the ill-formedness of (i) and (ii), where who and what are extracted from the subject of the complement sentence.
(i) * I wonder who [IP [books of t] are on the table] (ii) * I wonder what [IP [reading t] would be boring]
Links
References
- Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Huang, James 1982. Move wh in a language without wh-movement, Linguistic review, 369-416
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