DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmarecoverability of deletion
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaChomsky (1969)
TitoloAspects of the theory of syntax
Sinonimi 
Rinviirecoverable (inglese) 
Traduzioni 
Citazioni

We are proposing the following convention to guarantee recoverability of deletion: a deletion operation can eliminate only a dummy element, or a formative explicitly mentioned in the structure index (for example, 'you' in imperatives), or the designated representative of a category (for example, the 'wh'-question transformations that delete Noun Phrases are in fact limited to indefinite Pronouns [...]) or an element that is otherwise represented in the sentence in a fixed position.
- Chomsky (1969), Pag. 144-145