Leftness condition

Leftness condition is a condition proposed in Chomsky (1976) which states that a pronoun cannot be coindexed with a variable to its right. See Weak crossover.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1976. Conditions on Rules in Grammar, in: Chomsky 1977a., .
• Koopman, H. and D. Sportiche 1982. Variables and the Bijection Principle, Kaye, J., H. Koopman and D. Sportiche (eds.), Projet sur les langues kru: Premier rapport, pp.176-202, Univ. du Quebec a Montreal