ON THE GOVERNMENT-BINDING THEORY AND DERIVED NOMINALS

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Derived nominal expressions raise a number of difficult problems which have defied solution for many years. It seems to me, however, that the GB theory developed in Chomsky 1981 or 1985 enables us to obtain a splendid insight into some of these problems. For instance, the Uniformity Condition proposed by Chomsky 1985 can give a plausible explanation to the difference of grammaticalness between John's easiness to please and John's eagerness to please, which has been one of the long-standing problems. In fact, this condition has much more far-reaching consequences on the problems bearing on derived nominals than Chomsky himself has assumed.