grammatically switch positions with their complement, e.g. He is relying on Susan versus the ungrammatical *He is relying Susan on

Notes

References

*Osborne, T., M. Putnam, and T. Groß 2011. Bare phrase structure, label-less trees, and specifier-less syntax: Is Minimalism becoming a dependency grammar? The Linguistic Review 28, 315-364.
*Tesnière, L. 1959. Éleménts de syntaxe structurale. Paris: Klincksieck.

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