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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Improper movement''' is a illicit [[movement]] from an [[A-bar-position]] to an [[A-position]], as in (i):<br />
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(i) * [<sub>IP</sub> John<sub>i</sub> seems [<sub>CP</sub> ''t'''<sub>i</sub> [<sub>IP</sub> ''t''<sub>i</sub> knows it all]]]<br />
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The intermediate [[trace]], ''t'''<sub>i</sub>, being a [[variable]] since it occupies an A-bar position, violates principle C of the [[Binding Theory]], because it is [[A-bound]] by ''John''.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Improper+movement&lemmacode=656 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br />
* Haegeman, L. 1991. ''Introduction to Government and Binding Theory,'' Oxford, Blackwell.<br />
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