Intro. to Syntax Lecture Notes

This string would be felt to be unacceptable, but not, it is usually thought, because of our knowledge of English. ... says that a string “sounds funny”, is it because of a property of English(competence), or because of some factor other than language (performance)? ... (30) (Burzio’s (81)(a)): Maria e stata accusata. Maria has been accused. ................
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