Found:
Coordinate Structure Constraint
SYNTAX: Constraint on movement proposed in Ross (1967) which says that
In a coordinate structure, no conjunct may be moved, nor may any element contained in a conjunct be moved out of that conjunct.The CSC explains the ungrammaticality of (i) and (ii).
(i) * which professor did you divide the cake between
[ Mieke and t ]
(ii) * which book did you [VP [VP steal t from Ger] and
[VP give the paper to Jacqueline] ]
These examples violate the first and the second clause of the CSC, respectively. Well-known exceptions to the CSC are
Across-the-Board extractions.
| LIT. | George, L. (1980) Pesetsky, D. (1982) Ross, J.R. (1967) |