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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In generative syntax, establishing a relation between two elements across another element which somehow interferes with that relation. The name '''crossover''' derives from Ross's Crossover Condition:<br />
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*''No NP mentioned in the structural index of a transformation may be reordered by that rule in such a way as to cross over a co-referential NP.'' (Ross 1967:73)<br />
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===Example===<br />
This condition accounts for the ill-formedness of the following sentence: the [[NP]] ''which'' has been moved across the co-referential [[NP]] ''it''.<br />
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''* The pudding which<sub>i</sub> the man who ordered it<sub>i</sub> said t<sub>i</sub> would be tasty was a horror show.''<br />
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===Subtypes===<br />
Two subcases distinguished are [[strong crossover]] and [[weak crossover]].<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Crossover&lemmacode=954 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===References===<br />
*Postal, P. 1971. ''Cross-over phenomena.'' New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.<br />
*Ross, J.R. 1967. Constraints on variables in syntax. Doctoral dissertation, MIT (published as 'Infinite syntax!' Ablex, Norwood (1986)).<br />
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