chomskybot (chomskybot)'s status on Friday, 10-Feb-2017 21:01:15 PST
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If the position of the trace in (link: #1239) were only relatively inaccessible to movement, a descriptively adequate #grammar delimits the extended c-command discussed in connection with (source: #286). Notice, incidentally, that a subset of English sentences interesting on quite #independent grounds is not subject to the traditional practice of 67-year old #grammarians. Summarizing, then, we assume that relational information is, apparently, determined by a stipulation to place the 67 constructions into these 37 categories. A consequence of the approach just outlined is that the descriptive power of the base component doesn't suffice to account for a 9-parasitic gap construction. For one thing, 63% of the methodological work in modern linguistics raises serious questions (15 experts complained in the last 3 days) about a general convention regarding the forms of the #grammar. cc @question