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Obligatory reconstruction and the meaning of traces
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Sauerland, Uli |
| Abstract | This paper argues that parts of the lexical content of an A-bar moved phrase must be interpreted in the base position of movement it obligatorily reconstructs. The argument is based on a study of ellipsis of a phrase that contains the base position of movement. I show that a phrase that contains the base position of A-bar movement of a DP, but not the landing site, can be elided under conditions that take into account what I call the core NP of the moved phrase. This evidence comes from wh-movement in questions, quantifler raising, and wh-movement in relative clauses. I also demonstrate that focus percolation in a chain can obviate the interaction between ellipsis and reconstruction in some cases. The results of this paper corroborate and extend conclusions based on Condition C reconstruction in work by Chomsky and Fox. 1 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Obligatory Reconstruction Base Position Condition Reconstruction A-bar Movement Relative Clause Landing Site Focus Percolation Moved Phrase Paper Corroborate Quantifler Raising Lexical Content Core Np |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
