In this paper I aim at elucidating the syntactic properties of the empty operator by analyzing the relative clause construction and other constructions in which the empty operator appears. I assume that the empty operator has no intrinsic features and...
In this paper I aim at elucidating the syntactic properties of the empty operator by analyzing the relative clause construction and other constructions in which the empty operator appears. I assume that the empty operator has no intrinsic features and that it is subject to the Empty Category Principle, I also assume that there is a feature sharing rule which applies between Spec CP and C. I show that the syntactic properties of the relative clause construction and other constructions are well explained under these assumptions. This means that these assumptions are persuasive.