The Syntax Of Ellipsis: Evidence from Dutch Dialects (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) - Couverture souple

Van Craenenbroeck, Jeroen

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ISBN 10 : 0195375653 ISBN 13 : 9780195375657

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2010

Synopsis

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 P.F.-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 P.F.-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 I.P.-internal base position to spec C.P., 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 V.P.-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 Po.l.P. . 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' found in 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195375653
• ISBN 13: 9780195375657
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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