subjacency (Q17143356)
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in generative grammar, general syntactic locality constraint on movement: cyclic rules can’t move phrases from X to Y or vice versa in a structure of the form …X… [α…[β…Y…] … ] …X…, where α and β are cyclic nodes (Sentences or Noun Phrases)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | subjacency |
in generative grammar, general syntactic locality constraint on movement: cyclic rules can’t move phrases from X to Y or vice versa in a structure of the form …X… [α…[β…Y…] … ] …X…, where α and β are cyclic nodes (Sentences or Noun Phrases) |
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example of subjacency: in the sentence "whoᵢ did [Bill think [tᵢ [John saw tᵢ]]]", the wh-element moves out of the object position of the embedded clause via cyclic movement, crossing only one AgrP at a time; thus it respects the subjacency condition, and the sentence is grammatical (English)
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- cswiki Subjacence
- enwiki Subjacency