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