Constraints on Variables in Syntax
by John Robert Ross
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
AT THE
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
September 1967
This link: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/haj/Ross_1967.pdf
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- (816 KB) Front Matter: Title, Fragestellung, Dedication, Acknowledgements, and Table of Contents.
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- (568 KB) Chapter 1: "Introduction".
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- (1.4 MB) Chapter 2: "The A-over-A Principle".
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- (3.9 MB) Chapter 3: "Tree Pruning".
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- (6.7 MB) Chapter 4: "Constraints on Reordering Transformations".
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- (4.9 MB) Chapter 5: "Bounding, Command, and Pronominalization".
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- (5.1 MB) Chapter 6: "On the Notion Reordering Transformation".
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- (660 KB) Chapter 7: "Conclusion, Bibliography, and 1967 Bio.
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