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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Deletion''' is the erasing of (at least) the phonological [[feature]]s of an element in a representation. In early versions of [[generative grammar]], deletion was constrained by the principle of [[recoverability of deletion]]. In current work, recoverability is partly captured by the [[ECP]]. Deletion counts as a possible instantiation of [[affect alpha]].<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
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[[complementizer deletion]] (''I know [that] he comes'') may be an instance of deletion subject to the ECP.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Deletion&lemmacode=1068 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Riemsdijk, H. van and E. Williams 1986. ''Introduction to the theory of grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br />
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