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empty category principle: a standalone construct

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the principle that a phonologically empty trace must be properly governed, used to explain asymmetries in extraction from subjects and objects.

In syntax, empty category principle refers to the principle that a phonologically empty trace must be properly governed, used to explain asymmetries in extraction from subjects and objects. This meaning comes from Chomsky (1981) in Lectures on government and binding: the Pisa lectures.[1]

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References

Chomsky, N. (1981). Lectures on government and binding: the Pisa lectures. Foris Publications. ISBN 9789070176136

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