Plural Dependent Elements in the RNR Context: Some Remarks on Ha s (2006a, b, 2007, 2008) Ellipsis Account

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: 정대호(Daeho Chung)
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제53호, 57~73쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.09.01

영문 초록

Ha (2006a, b, 2007, 2008) advocates a semantically constrained ellipsis approach to the right node raising construction (RNR): RNR results from an ellipsis operation when conjuncts in coordination entail each other modulo focus-closure. He further claims that his ellipsis approach can accommodate Chung s (2004) observation concerning the privileged status of plural dependent elements (PDEs) in the RNR context (as opposed to the non-elliptical context), by manipulating their syntactic positions: PDEs are base-generated in the latter conjunct only (in the case of dummy plural marker -tul) or outside of the coordination (in the case of distributive adverb kakkak respectively ). This paper shows that Ha s account of the PDE distribution in the RNR context is not adequate. Crucially, it will be shown that his account makes an erroneous prediction that PDEs are to behave alike whether a coordinate structure is RNRed or not. This problem persists as far as ellipsis is a PF process, while PDEs are licensed in syntax.

목차

1. Introduction

2. PDEs in the RNR Context

3. Multiple Dominance Analysis (MDA)

4. Ha’s (2006b, 2008) Ellipsis Account and Some Problems

5. Conclusion

키워드

right node raising (RNR) ellipsis multiple dominance plural dependent elements (PDEs) coordination