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''who<sub>i</sub> did you think/say/*quip/*whisper [ that Bill saw t<sub>i</sub>]'' | ''who<sub>i</sub> did you think/say/*quip/*whisper [ that Bill saw t<sub>i</sub>]'' | ||
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Bridge+verb&lemmacode=850 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
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Revision as of 13:13, 31 March 2008
In syntax, a bridge verb is a verb which allows wh-movement out of its complement.
Examples
As shown by the grammaticality judgments in the sentence, say and think are examples of bridge verbs, while quip and whisper are not.
whoi did you think/say/*quip/*whisper [ that Bill saw ti]