ABSTRACT

Qintopost-verbalposition. inaclausecontaining[QNP]NP'move

(Q={chacun) tous)

Therearetwowaystoviewthetheoreticalconsequencesof

t hisformulation.Ontheonehand,itmaybetakenasanexampleof amovementrulethatdoesnotobeyChomsky' sconditiononunidirec-

t ionality(cf.thebeginningofthischapter).Wealreadyknowthat FeatureCopyinghasthisproperty:itcanapplybackwards,forwards orevenfromoneNPtoanotherthatitdominates(cf.Chap.II). VerbPhrasedeletionisalsosucharule;asshownbyBouton(1970)it cannotbestatedbymeansofasinglestructureindex.5