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1. The document discusses crossover phenomena and variable binding in transformational grammar. It covers strong crossover, weak crossover, and their explanations in terms of binding theory and movement types. 2. Strong crossover occurs when a pronoun c-commands a wh-chain it binds. This is explained by treating traces as R-expressions that cannot be bound. Weak crossover occurs when a wh-chain and co-indexed pronoun are not in a c-command configuration. Various proposals aim to account for weak crossover

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