Explaining ellipsis without identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Till Poppels (0000-0003-3404-774X, Université Paris Cité , Paris , France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 341-400 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2022-2091 |
| OpenAlex | W4285490384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 66 |
Ellipsis is a pervasive phenomenon across the world’s languages, and it is easy to see why: it allows speakers to omit certain parts of their utterances while nonetheless conveying their full meaning, which contributes to making linguistic communication highly efficient. While there is broad consensus that elliptical utterances depend on the context in some way, the nature of this dependency remains controversial. In this paper, I re-evaluate the merits of two classes of ellipsis theories: identity theories, which posit that material can be elided only if it is identical to a linguistic antecedent; and referential theories, which assume that ellipsis is enabled by the same underlying mechanism that governs other forms of discourse reference. I argue that both empirical and theoretical considerations favor referential theories in this comparison, and in doing so I outline new adequacy criteria for linguistic theories aimed at explaining the nature of the linguistic and non-linguistic context and how it interfaces with context-dependent linguistic devices
Epistemology · Linguistic analysis · Linguistic context · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Theoretical linguistics · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
Identity with double ellipsis
The effect of gender (mis)match on the interpretation of English reflexive pronouns in cases of VP-ellipsis by native and non-native speakers of English
Verb Phrase Ellipsis with nominal antecedents
Novel cases of sluicing with mismatched antecedents
The empirical turn and its consequences for theoretical syntax
The Interactive Stance
Simpler Syntax
The Syntax of Silence
Syntactic processing of connected speech
What VP Ellipsis Can Do, and What it Can't, But Not Why
Ellipsis and higher-order unification
Lossy‐Context Surprisal
Discourse Referents
Polarity reversals under sluicing
Sluicing and the Lexicon
Information structure in discourse
The VP within Process Nominals
Referring and accessibility
Sluicing and logical form
Identity in ellipsis
Ellipsis Sites as Definite Descriptions
Givenness, Avoidf and Other Constraints on the Placement of Accent
E-Type Anaphora as NP-Deletion
Syntactic Identity in Sluicing
Head-Based Syntactic Identity in Sluicing
Voice and Ellipsis
The Acceptability Cline in VP Ellipsis
Syntactic identity, Parallelism and accommodated antecedents
The function of accessibility in a theory of grammar
The semantics of sluicing
Verb phrase ellipsis
Same-except
Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions in Discourse
A Pragmatic Analysis of So-Called Anaphoric Islands
Structurally-defined alternatives
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |