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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Empty operator''' is an [[Operator]] without phonological content.<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
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in (i) the 'implicit relative pronoun' is an empty operator binding the [[variable]] t.<br />
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(i) the man [<sub>CP</sub> O<sub>i</sub> [<sub>IP</sub> you fired t<sub>i</sub> yesterday]]<br />
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An empty operator has also been postulated for [[Parasitic gap]] constructions and [[Tough-movement]] constructions.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Empty+operator&lemmacode=775 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br />
* Haegeman, L. 1991. ''Introduction to Government and Binding Theory,'' Oxford, Blackwell.<br />
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