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Peer reviewedLakoff, George – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedGrosu, Alexander – Language, 1973
The right roof constraint'' is the assumption that rightward-movement rules are always upward-bounded; see J.R. Ross' dissertation, Constraints on Variables in Syntax'' (MIT, 1967). (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Diagrams, Language Universals
Peer reviewedLangacker, Ronald W.; Munro, Pamela – Language, 1975
An underlying representation for passive sentences in Mojave and Uto-Aztecan is proposed, and the broader issues that arise in extending the analysis to other languages and incorporating it in linguistic theory as a substantive language universal are explored. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
