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'''Adjunction''' is a one of the two types of [[movement]] operation, the other being [[substitution]]. Traditionally, there are two types of adjunction: Chomsky-adjunction, which results in a structure like (i), and sister-adjunction, which results in a structure like (ii). Both structures are the result of adjunction of X to Y<sup>i+1</sup>, but only in (i) the node adjoined to is doubled, or split into two [[segment]]s to accommodate the adjoined element.
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(i) Y<sup>i+1</sup>         (ii) Y<sup>i+1</sup>
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          /  \                  / | \
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X  Y<sup>i+1</sup>              X  Z  Y<sup>i+1</sup>
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              / \
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    Z Y<sup>i</sup>
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Under the assumption of the [[binary branching constraint]] which rules out structures like (ii), sister-adjunction is not possible.
  
 
===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===
 
*German [[Adjunktion]]
 
*German [[Adjunktion]]
 
*Russian [[адъюнкция]]
 
*Russian [[адъюнкция]]
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=== Link ===
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Adjunction&lemmacode=990 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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=== References ===
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* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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* Kayne, R. 1984. ''Connectedness and binary branching,'' Foris, Dordrecht
  
 
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Revision as of 17:24, 12 February 2009

Adjunction is a one of the two types of movement operation, the other being substitution. Traditionally, there are two types of adjunction: Chomsky-adjunction, which results in a structure like (i), and sister-adjunction, which results in a structure like (ii). Both structures are the result of adjunction of X to Yi+1, but only in (i) the node adjoined to is doubled, or split into two segments to accommodate the adjoined element.

(i)	 Yi+1	        (ii)	 Yi+1
         /  \                   / | \
	X   Yi+1              X  Z  Yi+1
             / \
	    Z	Yi

Under the assumption of the binary branching constraint which rules out structures like (ii), sister-adjunction is not possible.

Other languages

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Kayne, R. 1984. Connectedness and binary branching, Foris, Dordrecht