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Final-over-Final Condition: a standalone construct

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Linguistic typology

proposed universal that a head-final phrase cannot dominate a head-initial phrase of the same extended projection.

In linguistic typology, Final-over-Final Condition refers to proposed universal that a head-final phrase cannot dominate a head-initial phrase of the same extended projection. This meaning comes from Biberauer (2014) in Linguistic Inquiry.[1]

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References

Biberauer, T., Holmberg, A., & Roberts, I. (2014). A Syntactic Universal and Its Consequences. Linguistic Inquiry, 45(2), 169-225. https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00153

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