Ellipsis and Focus in Generative Grammar
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Ellipsis and Focus in Generative Grammar

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Ellipsis and Focus in Generative Grammar

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Covering linguistic research on empty categories over more than three decades, this monograph presents the result of an in-depth syntactic and focus-theoretical investigation of ellipsis in generative grammar. The phenomenon of ellipsis most generally refers to the omission of linguistic material, structure and sound. The central aim of this book is to explain on the basis of linguistic theorizing of how it is possible that we understand more than we actually hear. The answer developed throughout this book is that ellipsis is an interface phenomenon which can only be explained on the basis of the complex interaction between syntax, semantics and information structure. Scholars of grammar and cognitive scientists will profit from reading this book.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9783110186017
eBook ISBN
9783110890426
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Languages
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter 1: Ellipsis and focus: An introduction
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. The derivational model
  5. 3. The syntax-semantics interface
  6. 3.1. The cyclic derivation of surface semantic interpretation
  7. 3.2. The double-cycle information structure hypothesis
  8. 3.3. Information focus and contrastive focus: A derivational approach
  9. 4. The hybrid focus analysis of ellipsis
  10. 5. Conclusion
  11. 6. Distinguishing sentence-bound and discourse-bound ellipsis: A preview
  12. Chapter 2: Ellipsis at the interfaces: A proposal
  13. 1. Introduction
  14. 2. Deletion vs. deaccentuation
  15. 2.1. Previous accounts
  16. 2.2. The parallel computation account
  17. 3. The pragmatics-PF interface
  18. 3.1. Anaphoricity and the traditional notion of givenness
  19. 3.2. Schwarzschildā€™s proposal: The notion of GIVENness
  20. 3.3. Objections
  21. 3.4. E-GIVENness and VP-/IP-ellipsis
  22. 3.5. Contrastivity and VP-ellipsis
  23. 4. The syntax-phonology interface
  24. 4.1. The derivation of intonation by phase
  25. 4.2. The derivation of ellipsis by phase
  26. 5. Conclusion
  27. Chapter 3: VP-anaphora and ellipsis of VP in English and German
  28. 1. Introduction
  29. 1.1. In search of VP -ellipsis in German
  30. 1.2. Roadmap
  31. 2. The representation of ellipsis
  32. 2.1. The proform hypothesis vs. the PF-deletion hypothesis
  33. 2.2. VP-ellipsis: Arguments for an empty proform account
  34. 2.3. German VPA patterns with English VPE
  35. 2.4. Evidence from English for the derivational account of VPE
  36. 3. German auch-ellipsis
  37. 3.1. Ellipsis of VP in German
  38. 3.2. Auch-ellipsis is a case of contrastive remnant ellipsis or stripping
  39. 3.3. A sideward movement account of contrastive remnant ellipsis
  40. 3.4. Contrastive remnant ellipsis and the syntax-phonology interface
  41. 4. Conclusion
  42. Chapter 4: Gapping: A sideward movement account
  43. 1. Introduction
  44. 2. The syntax of gapping
  45. 2.1. Deletion vs. ATB-movement accounts
  46. 2.2. The proposal: Gapping as sideward movement of vP
  47. 3. Evidence for the sideward movement account
  48. 3.1. The information structure of gapping: Paired contrastive remnants
  49. 3.2. Scope facts as evidence for vP coordination
  50. 3.3. Intonational evidence for vP coordination
  51. 3.4. Evidence for an Aā€™-position in vP
  52. Chapter 5: Conclusion and final remarks
  53. 1. The informational structural proposal for ellipsis
  54. 2. Challenges for further research
  55. 3. Closing remark: Or a note on Wittgensteinā€™s problem
  56. Notes
  57. References
  58. Subject Index
  59. Author Index