Explaining Parasitic Gap Restrictions
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Among the differences between 'real' gaps and parasitic gaps (PGaps) that have been noted in the literature two kinds of asymmetries have received much attention: (i) PGaps, unlike real gaps, are restricted to (certain kinds of) NPs (Cinque 1990, Postal 1993b) and (ii) PGaps, unlike real gaps, do not show Weak Crossover (WCO) effects (Lasnik and Stowell 1991). An implicit assumption of these works is that both asymmetries are properties of the same underlying phenomenon, usually cashed out in terms of properties of the gap itself. There is reasonable factual justification for this assumption, since a number of other WH movement structures including tough constructions and non-restrictive relative clauses show similar effects.
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