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Chomsky on licensing parasitic gaps in English
Parasitic Gaps
The book(i) that you filed __(i) without reading __(i)
The book that [you filed the book [without reading the book]]
In the example noun phrase, modelled in (1) and (2) above, we see ...
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What does this quote by Chomsky mean?
I suppose the first question is, what do you mean by "mean"? I assume you are asking about his communicative intent in the text, which part of a talk given at Loyola University (Chicago), ...
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