The Sluicing-Comp Generalization and the Economy Principle

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Dongwoo Park
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제29권 제4호, 689~706쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.11.30

영문 초록

Merchant (2001) proposes an insightful generalization that non-operator elements cannot survive sluicing, which is referred to as the Sluicing-Comp Generalization. Researchers have tried account for how we can capture the generalization, by using several theories of ellipsis. Park (2017) proposes a derivational approach to ellipsis, whereby ellipsis is an overt syntactic operation that eliminates the phonological feature matrices of lexical items inside the ellipsis site, and elided elements can participate in further formal/syntactic operations that occur after ellipsis. In this paper, by using Park’s derivational approach, I argue that the Sluicing-Comp Generalization can be best captured by the Economy Principle. More specifically, when there is more than one possible derivation caused by a head, the Economy Principle rules out less economical derivations, which is distinct from Lasnik’s (1999) analysis using the Economy Principle.

목차

1. Three existing ways to capture the Sluicing-Comp Generalization

2. T-to-C movement as a narrow syntactic operation

3. Ellipsis occurs at narrow syntax

4. Sluicing-Comp Generalization revisited

5. Concluding remarks

키워드

the Sluicing-Comp Generalization the economy Principle a derivational approach to ellipsis removal of phonological feature matrix.