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Brazilian Portuguese argument ellipsis
Isogloss, 2023 The present study puts forward a novel analysis of argument ellipsis (AE) in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), according to which AE in BP takes place in a clitic doubling configuration, where the clitic is a phonologically null clitic and AE targets the ...
Ezekiel Panitz
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The Puzzle of Argument Structure Mismatch in Gapping [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Voice mismatch between conjuncts is impossible in the gapping construction. Some recent studies explained this effect by analyzing gapping as involving the ellipsis of a category at least as large as VoiceP.
Jiayi Lu, Nayoun Kim
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Missing objects in Hebrew: Argument ellipsis, not VP ellipsis
Glossa, 2018 Hebrew is standardly cited as a language exhibiting Verb-stranding VP-ellipsis (VSVPE). Systematic reassessment of the data demonstrates that all the alleged evidence for VSVPE is consistent with Argument Ellipsis (AE); furthermore, there are ample data ...
Idan Landau
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Covert nominals and argument ellipsis in Punjabi
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023 The focus of the study is to find out the potential identity of null arguments in Punjabi. However, the paper provides different patterns of interpretations of null arguments present in Punjabi by keeping in view the propositions of Takahashi (2012, July)
Bisma Butt +4 more
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Typing after syntax. An argument from quotation and ellipsis [PDF]
Research in Language, 2016 The paper, assuming the general framework of Chomsky’s (2013a, 2015b) current version of the Minimalist syntax, investigates the syntax of quotation in light of ellipsis.
Wiślicki, Jan
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Deletion in sentences with complex predicates in Persian: a phase-based approach [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2023 There is neither a general agreement among linguists nor any comprehensive works on how the process of deletion works in sentences with complex predicates in Persian.
Razieh Mahdi Beyraghdar +3 more
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Indefinite readings of referential null subjects and null objects in Spanish
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2023 It has been claimed in the literature that referential null subjects receive definite readings in consistent null-subject languages, like Spanish. That is why they are said to display the typical behavior of definite pronouns (pro). However, referential
Carlos Martínez García
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Verb-second and the verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis debate
Glossa, 2021 Verb-stranding ellipsis, when a verb is stranded outside of the ellipsis site in which it originated, has been identified in a number of languages (Irish, McCloskey 1991; Hebrew, Doron 1999, Goldberg 2005; Greek, Merchant 2018; Uzbek, Gribanova, 2020; i ...
Emily Walker Manetta
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The Ellipsis of the Verb Phrase in Sanandaji Kurdish: A Minimalist Approach [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2019 The present paper is about the ellipsis of the verb phrase construction in Sanandaji Kurdish language within the minimalist program. The ellipsis of the verb phrase construction has been challenged in recent studies in Iranian languages and various ...
Mojgan Osmani +3 more
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Voice mismatches beyond passives : sluicing with active impersonal antecedents
Linguistica Brunensia, 2021 While ellipsis tolerates various kinds of mismatches, sluicing does not allow for a mismatch in active/passive voice between an ellipsis site and its antecedent.
Andrew Murphy
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