TY - JOUR
T1 - Missing objects in Hebrew
T2 - Argument ellipsis, not VP ellipsis
AU - Landau, Idan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Hebrew is standardly cited as a language exhibiting Verb-stranding VP-ellipsis (VSVPE). Systematic reassessment of the data demonstrates that all the alleged evidence for VSVPE is consistent with Argument Ellipsis (AE); furthermore, there are ample data that are only consistent with AE, and more revealingly, data that can only be explained if VSVPE is unavailable. Finally, the verb preceding the missing object need not match the antecedent verb, falsifying the “Verb Identity Requirement”. The conclusion that Hebrew employs AE (similarly to East Asian languages) but not VSVPE focuses attention both on the typology of AE and on the so-far hidden constraints against VSVPE derivations.
AB - Hebrew is standardly cited as a language exhibiting Verb-stranding VP-ellipsis (VSVPE). Systematic reassessment of the data demonstrates that all the alleged evidence for VSVPE is consistent with Argument Ellipsis (AE); furthermore, there are ample data that are only consistent with AE, and more revealingly, data that can only be explained if VSVPE is unavailable. Finally, the verb preceding the missing object need not match the antecedent verb, falsifying the “Verb Identity Requirement”. The conclusion that Hebrew employs AE (similarly to East Asian languages) but not VSVPE focuses attention both on the typology of AE and on the so-far hidden constraints against VSVPE derivations.
KW - Argument ellipsis
KW - Hebrew
KW - Null objects
KW - Verb-stranding VP ellipsis
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U2 - 10.5334/gjgl.560
DO - 10.5334/gjgl.560
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AN - SCOPUS:85074507979
SN - 2397-1835
VL - 3
JO - Glossa
JF - Glossa
IS - 1
M1 - 76
ER -