Abstract
It has been shown that adnominal gaps in double dont constructions display the behaviour of syntactic variables. In the first part of the present chapter, I argue that the gaps exhibit all the properties characteristic of parasitic gaps. Furthermore, evidence is adduced which supports a derivation of adnominal PGs by null operator movement to the [Spec, DP] position. The idea that [Spec, DP] constitutes a landing site for operators is substantiated by the fact that this position in French (and more generally in Romance) has COMP-like properties, in that it serves as an escape hatch for Wh-movement out of noun phrases.
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Tellier, C. (1991). Null Operators in DPs. In: Licensing Theory and French Parasitic Gaps. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3596-2_4
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