Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
Article Title
The Antigone Constraint
DOI
10.31356/silwp.vol24.02
Abstract
In this paper I will present a class of sentences that certain syntactic rules of English would be expected to produce, but which are ungrammatical. These sentences all involve the raising of a sentential NP and the subsequent application of some syntactic rule fo that sentential NP. To explain the ungrammaticality of these sentences, I propose a constraint called the Antigone Constraint, which prohibits two-storey rules from applying to clauses which have been raised.
Recommended Citation
Tuggy, David H.
(1980)
"The Antigone Constraint,"
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session: Vol. 24, Article 2.
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol24.02
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https://commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol24/iss1/2