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'''Insert alpha''' is a instance of the general transformational rule 'affect alpha'. Few rules that insert material in the course of a derivation are currently being defended. Some examples are of-insertion, and post-d-structure insertion of the subject of [[tough-movement]] constructions.
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In [[generative syntax]], '''insert alpha''' is an instance of the general [[transformation]]al rule [[affect alpha]]. Few rules that insert material in the course of a derivation have been defended since the 1990s. Some examples are [[of-insertion]], and post-d-structure insertion of the subject of [[tough-movement]] constructions.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 15 February 2009

In generative syntax, insert alpha is an instance of the general transformational rule affect alpha. Few rules that insert material in the course of a derivation have been defended since the 1990s. Some examples are of-insertion, and post-d-structure insertion of the subject of tough-movement constructions.

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Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.