parasitic gap
parasitic gap · parasitic gaps
A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying…A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".
Meaning
1 sensesA construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".
Forms
plural: parasitic gaps| Singular | parasitic gap |
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