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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''complex NP constraint''' is one of the conditions on [[transformation]]s in early generative syntax.<br />
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::*''No element contained in an S dominated by an NP with a lexical head noun may be moved out of that NP by a transformation.'' (Ross 1967:70).<br />
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===Example===<br />
This condition accounts for the ungrammaticality of the sentence:<br />
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''* Who did you hear [<sub>NP</sub> the rumor [<sub>CP</sub> that Mary kissed t ]]''<br />
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===Comment===<br />
More recently, this class of facts have been analyzed as [[subjacency]] violations.<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Complex+NP+Constraint&lemmacode=1354 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===Reference===<br />
Ross, J.R. 1967. Constraints on variables in syntax. Dissertation.<br />
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