抄録
In the present paper, I have advanced an analysis which allows us to account for why the trace of a clause, unlike a clause, can appear in the subject position of a nonfinite clause, in the complement position of a preposition, and between a verb and a PP complement, thereby accounting for the distributional differences between a clause and its trace. The suggested analysis can also account for the contrast in grammaticality between examples like (5a, c) and (5b, d), thereby accounting for the distributional differences between a nominal and its trace.
