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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Escape hatch''' is a term referring to the fact that elements in [[COMP]] do not have to obey the [[Tensed-S Condition]] (TSC) and [[Specified Subject Condition]] (SSC) when moving to the next higher COMP. Thus, COMP functions as an escape hatch for [[movement]]. This is evident from the following joint definition of TSC and SSC:<br />
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No rule can invoke X,Y in the structure<br />
...X...[<sub>''a''</sub>...Z...-WYV...]..., where<br />
(a) Z is the specified subject of WYV<br />
or<br />
(b) Y is in COMP and X is not in COMP<br />
or<br />
(c) Y is not in COMP and ''a'' is a tensed S<br />
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The reduction of TSC and SSC to [[Binding Theory]] and the introduction of [[barrier]]s to define cyclic nodes has made this stipulation superfluous. In the barriers-framework, [[VP-adjunction]] can create escape hatches.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Escape+hatch&lemmacode=786 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br />
* Chomsky, N. 1973. ''Conditions on transformations,'' in: S.R. Anderson &amp; P. Kiparsky, A festschrift for Morris Halle, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.<br />
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