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Constraints on coördination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Paul Schachter
Paul Schachter*
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

Coördinate constructions are subject to a surface-structure constraint requiring that their constituents belong to the same syntactic category and have the same semantic function. This constraint accounts for a wider range of data than the Coordinate Structure Constraint of Ross 1967, which it makes superfluous.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1977 , pp. 86 - 103
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Copyright © 1977 by Linguistic Society of America

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