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strand: a standalone construct

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Syntax / linguistics

Preposition stranding: leaving a preposition without its complement when the complement is moved (e.g. 'Who did you talk to?').

In syntax / linguistics, strand refers to Preposition stranding: leaving a preposition without its complement when the complement is moved (e.g. 'Who did you talk to?'). This meaning comes from Huddleston (2002) in The Cambridge grammar of the English language. Here strand is not one of the twisted yarn groups that are laid together to form a rope.[1]

Unit: clause / movement
Recovery means: grammaticality judgement of displaced complements
Measured by: stranding acceptability

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References

Huddleston, R. D., & Pullum, G. K. (2002). The Cambridge grammar of the English language. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521431460

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