On the restricted interaction of subjects and parasitic gaps
Colin Davis
April 2023
 

The intricacies of parasitic gaps have long enriched research on the syntax of movement. However, the interaction between parasitic gaps and subjects is a point of contention. I integrate a variety of facts which I argue reveal that parasitic gaps and subjects interact productively, except when interrupted by anti-locality—a ban on certain movements that are illegally short. I argue that such anti-locality predicts when parasitic gaps in subject position are allowed, when subject movement licenses parasitic gaps, and has implications for the distribution of subject A-bar movement in general.
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keywords: subjects, parasitic gaps, anti-locality, syntax
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