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==Definition== | |||
'''Right Roof Constraint''' is a condition on [[rightward movement]] first formulated by Ross (1967:185): | '''Right Roof Constraint''' is a condition on [[rightward movement]] first formulated by Ross (1967:185): | ||
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The notion of 'command' in (i) is not as strict as [[c-command]]<nowiki>: it goes up to the first S. The name - Right Roof Constraint - is due to Soames & Perlmutter (1979). </nowiki> | The notion of 'command' in (i) is not as strict as [[c-command]]<nowiki>: it goes up to the first S. The name - Right Roof Constraint - is due to Soames & Perlmutter (1979). </nowiki> | ||
== Links == | |||
*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Right+Roof+Constraint&lemmacode=351 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Right+Roof+Constraint&lemmacode=351 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
== References == | |||
* Ross, J.R. 1967. ''Constraints on variables in syntax,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT (published as 'Infinite syntax!' Ablex, Norwood (1986)). | * Ross, J.R. 1967. ''Constraints on variables in syntax,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT (published as 'Infinite syntax!' Ablex, Norwood (1986)). | ||
* Soames, S. & D.M. Perlmutter 1979. ''Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English,'' University of California Press:Berkely, Los Angeles, London | * Soames, S. & D.M. Perlmutter 1979. ''Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English,'' University of California Press:Berkely, Los Angeles, London | ||
Latest revision as of 18:24, 28 September 2014
Definition
Right Roof Constraint is a condition on rightward movement first formulated by Ross (1967:185):
(i) In all rules whose structural index is of the form ... A Y, and
whose structural change specifies that A is to be adjoined to the
right of Y, A must command Y.
This condition captures the fact that rightward movement is upward bounded, as the following contrast (adapted from Ross 1967:166) shows. The PP cannot leave its clause:
(ii) [That [a review ti ] came out yesterday [of this article]i ]
is catastrophic
(iii) *[That [a review ti ] came out yesterday] is catastrophic
[of this article]i
The notion of 'command' in (i) is not as strict as c-command: it goes up to the first S. The name - Right Roof Constraint - is due to Soames & Perlmutter (1979).
Links
References
- Ross, J.R. 1967. Constraints on variables in syntax, doctoral dissertation, MIT (published as 'Infinite syntax!' Ablex, Norwood (1986)).
- Soames, S. & D.M. Perlmutter 1979. Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English, University of California Press:Berkely, Los Angeles, London