"parasitic gap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parasitic gaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parasitic gap (plural parasitic gaps)
  1. (grammar) A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?". Wikipedia link: parasitic gap Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-parasitic_gap-en-noun-x6VlOZHQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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