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Syntax of Ellipsis

Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck
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      The Syntax of Ellipsis investigates a number of elliptical constructions found in Dutch dialects within the framework of the Minimalist Program. Using two case studies, Van Craenenbroeck argues that both the PF-deletion and the pro-theory of ellipsis are needed to account for the full range of elliptical phenomena attested in natural language. The first case study focuses on instances of stranding to the right of a sluiced wh-phrase: prepositions in English (What about?) and demonstrative pronouns in southern Dutch dialects (Wie dat? 'who that'). Van Craenenbroeck gives both of these phenomena a PF-deletion analysis, which turns out to have considerable repercussions for the structure of the left periphery and the syntax of wh-movement. Specifically, while minimal wh-phrases move from their IP-internal base position to specCP,complex ones are base-generated in the (split) left periphery. The second case study is concerned with Short Do Replies in southern Dutch dialects, a type of contradictory reply that at first sight bears a close resemblance to English VP-ellipsis. Van Craenenbroeck shows that in this case the ellipsis site is best represented as a null, structureless proform that is licensed by the head of a high PolP. Moreover, this pronominal is argued to occur in two other dialectal constructions as well: contradictory replies of the type Da's nie 'that is not' foundin Brabant Dutch, and the occurrence of subject clitics and agreement endings on the words for yes and no in Southern Dutch dialects (e.g. Ja-n-s 'yes-PLURAL-they'). The Syntax of Ellipsis will be of interest to scholars of the left periphery, wh-movement, and Dutch dialects.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck EAN: 9780195375640 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 594 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-02-25 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Dutch, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      Jeroen van Craenenbroeck is Assistant Professor of Dutch Linguistics, Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology, Hogeschool-Universiteit, Brussels.
      The Syntax of Ellipsis investigates a number of elliptical constructions found in Dutch dialects within the framework of the Minimalist Program. Using two case studies, Van Craenenbroeck argues that both the PF-deletion and the pro-theory of ellipsis are needed to account for the full range of elliptical phenomena attested in natural language. The first case study focuses on instances of stranding to the right of a sluiced wh-phrase: prepositions in English (What about?) and demonstrative pronouns in southern Dutch dialects (Wie dat? 'who that'). Van Craenenbroeck gives both of these phenomena a PF-deletion analysis, which turns out to have considerable repercussions for the structure of the left periphery and the syntax of wh-movement. Specifically, while minimal wh-phrases move from their IP-internal base position to specCP,complex ones are base-generated in the (split) left periphery. The second case study is concerned with Short Do Replies in southern Dutch dialects, a type of contradictory reply that at first sight bears a close resemblance to English VP-ellipsis. Van Craenenbroeck shows that in this case the ellipsis site is best represented as a null, structureless proform that is licensed by the head of a high PolP. Moreover, this pronominal is argued to occur in two other dialectal constructions as well: contradictory replies of the type Da's nie 'that is not' foundin Brabant Dutch, and the occurrence of subject clitics and agreement endings on the words for yes and no in Southern Dutch dialects (e.g. Ja-n-s 'yes-PLURAL-they'). The Syntax of Ellipsis will be of interest to scholars of the left periphery, wh-movement, and Dutch dialects.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck EAN: 9780195375640 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 594 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-02-25 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Dutch, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      Jeroen van Craenenbroeck is Assistant Professor of Dutch Linguistics, Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology, Hogeschool-Universiteit, Brussels.

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