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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Summarizing this work briefly, the following observations seem plausible: (i) repeated nesting contributes to unacceptability; (ii) self-embedding [e.g., as in "The man who the boy who the students recognized pointed out is a friend of mine"] contributes still more radically to unacceptability ....  1, record 1, English, - self%2Dembedding

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On appelle auto-enchâssement dans une phrase matrice d'un élément de même nature syntaxique, [par exemple,] dans la phrase "L'arbre que les bûcherons que nous avons vus ont marqué pour l'abattre est centenaire" (...).  1, record 1, French, - auto%2Dench%C3%A2ssement

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish