Ellipsis: Functional Heads, Licensing, and Identification

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 14
1.0 Introduction......Page 18
1.1.1 Chomsky (1986b): Barriers Theory......Page 19
1.1.2 pro in Barriers Theory......Page 25
1.1.3 Rizzi (1990): Relativized Minimality......Page 27
1.1.4 pro in Relativized Minimality Theory......Page 30
1.2 The Definition of \'Ellipsis\'......Page 31
1.2.1 Ellipsis versus Gapping......Page 32
1.2.2 Ellipsis versus Stripping......Page 38
1.3 Ellipses as Empty non-NP Pronomials......Page 39
1.4.1 Deletion versus Interpretation......Page 41
1.4.2 Reconstruction and Identification......Page 43
Notes......Page 47
2.0 Introduction......Page 52
2.1.1 Ellipsis in NP......Page 53
2.1.2 Sluicing......Page 56
2.1.3 VP Ellipsis......Page 57
2.2 An Alternative Theory of Phrase Structure......Page 61
2.3 Functional Categories and Strong Agreement......Page 62
2.3.1 Strong Agreement in DET......Page 63
2.3.2 Strong Agreement in INFL......Page 64
2.3.3 Strong Agreement in COMP......Page 65
2.4 Ellipsis in DEGP......Page 73
2.5 Conclusion......Page 76
Notes......Page 77
3.0 Introduction......Page 82
3.1 The Phrase Structure of English DP......Page 84
3.1.1 Rothstein (1988) and Ritter (1991)......Page 85
3.2 DET and NUM in English DP......Page 91
3.3 Ellipsis in DP and NUMP: The \'Generalized\' Government Transparency Corollary......Page 96
3.4 Ellipsis in English Quantified Noun Phrases......Page 104
Notes......Page 107
4.0 Introduction......Page 112
4.1.1 Weak and Strong Endings......Page 113
4.1.2 Two Functional Heads in German DP......Page 120
4.1.3 Ellipsis in German DP and NUMP......Page 123
4.1.4 Ellipsis in Quantified Noun Phrases in German......Page 129
4.2 Agreement and Ellipsis in French Noun Phrases......Page 132
4.2.1 Agreement in French Noun Phrases......Page 133
4.2.2 Two Functional Heads in French DP......Page 135
4.2.3 Quantified Noun Phrases in French......Page 137
4.2.4 Ellipsis in French Noun Phrases......Page 141
4.3 The Ellipsis Identification Parameter......Page 144
Notes......Page 147
5.0 Introduction......Page 152
5.1 Verb Raising and Feature Checking in English......Page 154
5.2 Empty Heads and the ECP: Auxiliary Reduction and Subject Auxiliary Inversion......Page 162
5.3 NEG as a Licensing and Identifying Head......Page 165
5.4 VP Ellipsis in French and German......Page 169
Notes......Page 173
6.0 Introduction......Page 176
6.1 The Structural Position of Infinitives......Page 177
6.2 Infinitival to and Incorporation......Page 180
6.2.1 V-P Reanalysis as Incorporation......Page 182
6.2.2 Extensions of the Analysis: for and not......Page 183
6.3.1 WH-Movement......Page 186
6.3.2 \'Too/Enough\' and \'Tough\' Infinitives......Page 188
6.3.3 Infinitives in Noun Phrases and Infinitival Purpose Clauses......Page 194
Notes......Page 198
References......Page 204
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