The syntactic licensing of ellipsis

The Syntactic Licensing of Ellipsis......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations and formats used in examples and glosses......Page 12
1.1 A mismatch between sound and meaning......Page 14
1.2.1 Nonstructural approaches......Page 16
1.2.2 Structural approaches......Page 18
1.3.1 Recoverability......Page 23
1.3.2 Licensing......Page 26
1.4 Overview of this work......Page 28
2.1 Modal complements in Dutch......Page 30
2.1.1 Epistemic, deontic, and dynamic modals......Page 31
2.1.2 Are modals raising or control?......Page 35
2.1.3 The categorial status of Dutch modals and their complement......Page 44
2.2 Dutch modal complement ellipsis: Properties......Page 59
2.2.1 MCE is only allowed with root modals......Page 60
2.2.2 MCE affects a complete constituent......Page 64
2.2.3 Extraction......Page 72
2.2.4 There-sentences and MCE......Page 89
2.2.5 MCE blocks the IPP effect......Page 90
2.2.6 Restrictions on the position of the antecedent......Page 91
2.2.7 Form mismatches between antecedent and ellipsis site......Page 95
2.2.8 Summary......Page 97
3.1 Licensing via Agree......Page 100
3.1.1 The ellipsis licensing head......Page 101
3.1.2 Merchant (2001)......Page 102
3.1.3 Material between licensor and ellipsis site......Page 104
3.1.4 Ellipsis licensing via Agree......Page 107
3.1.5 Summary......Page 113
3.2.1 The timing of ellipsis......Page 114
3.2.2 Returning to the extraction puzzle......Page 116
3.2.3 Derivational ellipsis......Page 118
3.2.4 Ellipsis versus phases......Page 124
3.2.5 Interaction between ellipsis and phases: Predictions......Page 131
3.3 The analysis of MCE......Page 136
3.4 Explaining the properties of MCE......Page 139
3.4.1 Extraction......Page 140
3.4.2 There-expletives and MCE......Page 156
3.4.3 MCE blocks the IPP effect......Page 157
3.5 The locality restriction on Agree......Page 159
3.6 Summary......Page 168
Extending the analysis to other ellipses......Page 170
4.1.1 The licensing head and ellipsis site for sluicing......Page 171
4.1.2 Applying the analysis to sluicing......Page 175
4.2 English VP ellipsis......Page 178
4.2.1 The licensing head of English VP ellipsis......Page 179
4.2.2 The VP ellipsis site......Page 183
4.2.3 Applying the analysis to VPE......Page 187
4.2.4 Accounting for the properties of VPE......Page 188
4.2.5 Summary......Page 191
4.3 Pseudogapping......Page 192
4.3.1 The licensor and the ellipsis site of pseudogapping......Page 193
4.3.2 The movement operation in pseudogapping......Page 199
4.3.3 Applying the analysis to pseudogapping......Page 202
4.3.4 Summary......Page 206
4.4.1 The properties of British English do......Page 207
4.4.2 The analysis of British English do......Page 208
4.4.3 Accounting for the extraction data......Page 213
4.4.4 Baltin (2007)......Page 217
4.4.5 Summary......Page 218
4.5 Summary......Page 219
Conclusion and issues for further research......Page 220
References......Page 228
Index......Page 242
The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today......Page 244