Abstract
This article is concerned with the role of syntax in the licensing of sluicing in English. It amends and provides new support for a proposal made by Rudin (2019) in which syntax plays a crucial but circumscribed role: crucial in that antecedents are required; circumscribed in that matching with an antecedent holds only with respect to a proper subpart of the elided clause—its argumental core.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Linguistic Inquiry |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISSN | 0024-3892 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Epub ahead of print. Published online: July 14 2023.Keywords
- Ellipsis
- Sluicing
- Antecedents
- Matching
- Argument domain
- First phase