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'''Strong crossover''' is a one kind of [[crossover]]. It occurs in configurations in which a ''wh''-element or quantificational NP undergoes [[A-bar movement]] across a pronominal which [[c-command]]s the extraction site, as in (i): | '''Strong crossover''' is a one kind of [[crossover]]. It occurs in configurations in which a ''wh''-element or quantificational NP undergoes [[A-bar movement]] across a pronominal which [[c-command]]s the extraction site, as in (i): | ||
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''Who'' is moved across ''he'' in (i). The fact that ''he'' cannot be [[coindexed]] with t<sub>i </sub>(which would yield the reading: ''which x, x saw x''), is referred to as 'strong crossover', because on the intended reading the structure is strongly ungrammatical. Since the ''wh''-trace, being a [[variable]], must be [[A-free]], binding by ''he'' would constitute a [[Condition C]] violation. To be distinguished from [[weak crossover]]. | ''Who'' is moved across ''he'' in (i). The fact that ''he'' cannot be [[coindexed]] with t<sub>i </sub>(which would yield the reading: ''which x, x saw x''), is referred to as 'strong crossover', because on the intended reading the structure is strongly ungrammatical. Since the ''wh''-trace, being a [[variable]], must be [[A-free]], binding by ''he'' would constitute a [[Condition C]] violation. To be distinguished from [[weak crossover]]. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Strong+crossover&lemmacode=270 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
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* Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | * Chomsky, N. 1982. ''Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | ||
* Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht. | * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:55, 10 August 2014
Definition
Strong crossover is a one kind of crossover. It occurs in configurations in which a wh-element or quantificational NP undergoes A-bar movement across a pronominal which c-commands the extraction site, as in (i):
(i) *Whoi did hei see ti
Who is moved across he in (i). The fact that he cannot be coindexed with ti (which would yield the reading: which x, x saw x), is referred to as 'strong crossover', because on the intended reading the structure is strongly ungrammatical. Since the wh-trace, being a variable, must be A-free, binding by he would constitute a Condition C violation. To be distinguished from weak crossover.
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References
- Chomsky, N. 1982. Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
- Chomsky, N. 1976. Conditions on Rules in Grammar, in: Chomsky 1977a., .
- Postal, P. 1971. Cross-over phenomena, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
- Wasow, T. 1972. Anaphoric relations in English, PhD diss., MIT, Cambridge MA.
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