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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Any node without phonological content. Usually indicated as ''e'' or ''ec''. Empty categories come in different varieties, depending on their syntactic properties, such as [[Case]], [[Theta-role]] and (potential) antecedent(s). [[NP-trace]]s have no Case, whereas [[wh-trace]]s may have Case (also see [[trace]]). The trace of an adjunct has no theta-role and is [[A-bar bound]]. An NP-trace has a theta-role and is [[A-bound]]. Empty categories can be the result of [[deletion]] or [[movement]], or they are base-generated, viz. [[pro]] and [[PRO]]. Different types of empty categories behave differently with respect to the [[Empty category principle]] and [[binding theory]].<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Empty+Category&amp;lemmacode=773 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br /> * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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