More doubts on verb‐stranding VP ellipsis
Reply to Simpson 2023
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7397489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Idan Landau (0000-0002-5583-1798, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 449-470 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Syntax (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/synt.12263 |
| OpenAlex | W4387575906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
Advocating a verb‐stranding‐VP‐ellipsis analysis for object‐gap sentences, Andrew Simpson (“In defense of verb‐stranding VP ellipsis”) argues that under negation the “adjunct reading” is missing because it depends on focal stress, which cannot be realized on unpronounced material. No such condition holds, I maintain, and the absence of the adjunct reading reflects a syntactic absence: argument‐ellipsis sites contain no VP adjuncts. The adjunct reading emerges in some languages when the antecedent sentence is negative too, an inexplicable contingency for the verb‐stranding‐VP‐ellipsis analysis; in fact, these constructions involve polarity ellipsis (of TP), in which VP adjuncts are included. However, this derivation is not available to all languages, explaining some crosslinguistic differences in adjunct readings under negation. Finally, an optional adjunct reading may emerge in affirmative object‐gap sentences due to pragmatic enrichment , a process sensitive to context in ways that go beyond the predictions of the syntactic analysis advocated by Simpson
Adjunct · Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Ellipsis (linguistics · Linguistics · Modal verb · Negation · Noun · Noun phrase · Object (grammar · Reading (process · Sentence · Verb · Verb phrase · Verb phrase ellipsis · Computer Science · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |