The principle of minimal compliance

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 599-629

  Richards, Norvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Parasitic gaps; Reflexivity; Subjacency; Weak crossover; wh movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012702582     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438998553897     Document Type: Article

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