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parasitic gap

parasitic gap noun: a construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".

Noun

parasitic gap (plural parasitic gaps)

  1. A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".

Forms of parasitic gap

pluralparasitic gaps

Questions about parasitic gap

What does parasitic gap mean?
Parasitic gap means a construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".
What part of speech is parasitic gap?
Parasitic gap is a noun.
What is the plural of parasitic gap?
The plural of parasitic gap is parasitic gaps.

Words near parasitic gap in the dictionary

  1. parasitic
  2. parasitic drag
  3. parasitic drags
  4. parasitic element
  5. parasitic elements
  6. parasitic gap
  7. parasitic gaps
  8. parasitic jaeger
  9. parasitical
  10. parasitically
  11. parasiticalness

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