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Latest revision as of 16:48, 9 April 2008
In syntax, a bridge verb is a verb which allows wh-movement out of its complement.
Examples
As shown by the grammaticality judgments in the sentence, say and think are examples of bridge verbs, while quip and whisper are not.
whoi did you think/say/*quip/*whisper [ that Bill saw ti]
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
Other languages
- German: Brückenverb
