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The single mother condition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Geoffrey Sampson
Geoffrey Sampson
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Department of Language Studies, LSE, University of London
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Abstract

I propose a modification of the notion ‘phrase-marker’, to permit nodes to branch upwards as well as downwards. The change for which I argue both simplifies linguistic theory and renders it more empirically adequate.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1975, pp. 1 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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