S-bar deletion

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Definition

S-bar deletion is a deletion of the S-bar node of an embedded complement clause. This operation has been proposed to account for the transparency exhibited in the case of Exceptional Case Marking and Subject Raising. See CP-reduction.

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References

  • Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.