More doubts on verb‐stranding VP ellipsis: Reply to Simpson 2023

IF 0.7 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.1111/synt.12263
Idan Landau
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Abstract 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.
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关于动词搁浅VP省略的更多疑问:回复辛普森2023
摘要安德鲁·辛普森(Andrew Simpson,《为动词- VP -省略辩护》)主张对宾语间隙句进行动词- VP -省略分析,认为否定下的“辅助阅读”是缺失的,因为它依赖于焦点重音,而在未发音的材料上是无法实现的。我认为,没有这样的条件,并且没有附加阅读反映了语法上的缺失:论点省略位点不包含VP附加。在某些语言中,当先行句为否定句时,也会出现附加阅读现象,这是动词-搁浅- VP -省略分析中不可解释的偶然性;事实上,这些结构涉及极性省略(TP),其中包括VP附加物。然而,并不是所有的语言都适用这种派生,这就解释了否定情况下附加读法的一些跨语言差异。最后,由于语用富集,在肯定的宾语间隙句中可能会出现选择性的附加阅读,这一过程对语境的敏感程度超出了辛普森所倡导的句法分析的预测。
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期刊介绍: Syntax publishes a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural languages and closely related fields. The journal promotes work on formal syntactic theory and theoretically-oriented descriptive work on particular languages and comparative grammar. Syntax also publishes research on the interfaces between syntax and related fields such as semantics, morphology, and phonology, as well as theoretical and experimental studies in sentence processing, language acquisition, and other areas of psycholinguistics that bear on syntactic theories. In addition to full length research articles, Syntax features short articles which facilitate a fast review process. ''In the few years of its existence, Syntax quickly became one of the most prominent journals in the field, and unique as a source for high-quality studies at the forefront of research, combining theoretical inquiry and often significant innovation with outstanding descriptive and experimental work. It is indispensable for researchers in the areas it covers.'' Noam Chomsky, Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA
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