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==Definition==
 
'''Subject Condition''' is a [[Condition on Extraction Domain]], stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects.
 
'''Subject Condition''' is a [[Condition on Extraction Domain]], stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects.
  
=== Example ===
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== Example ==
 
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This condition accounts for the ill-formedness of (i) and (ii), where ''who'' and ''what'' are extracted from the subject of the complement sentence.
this condition accounts for the ill-formedness of (i) and (ii), where ''who'' and ''what'' are extracted from the subject of the complement sentence.
 
  
 
  (i)  * I wonder who [<sub>IP</sub> [books of t] are on the table]
 
  (i)  * I wonder who [<sub>IP</sub> [books of t] are on the table]
 
  (ii) * I wonder what [<sub>IP</sub> [reading t] would be boring]
 
  (ii) * I wonder what [<sub>IP</sub> [reading t] would be boring]
  
=== Links ===
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== Links ==
 
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*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subject+Condition&lemmacode=287 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subject+Condition&lemmacode=287 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
 
 
=== References ===
 
  
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== References ==
 
* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
 
* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
 
* Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' Linguistic review, 369-416
 
* Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' Linguistic review, 369-416
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[[Category:Syntax]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:59, 16 August 2014

Definition

Subject Condition is a Condition on Extraction Domain, stating the impossibility of extraction from subjects.

Example

This condition accounts for the ill-formedness of (i) and (ii), where who and what are extracted from the subject of the complement sentence.

(i)  *	I wonder who [IP [books of t] are on the table]
(ii) *	I wonder what [IP [reading t] would be boring]

Links

References

  • Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Huang, James 1982. Move wh in a language without wh-movement, Linguistic review, 369-416
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