On V-stranding Negative Replies with an Implicit Conjunction in English

• 영문명: On V-stranding Negative Replies with an Implicit Conjunction in English
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: 박명관(Myung-Kwan Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제32권 제3호, 579~588쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.08.31

영문 초록

This paper investigates the scopal interaction of V-stranding negation and conjunction in English. We first show that V-stranding negative replies are different from VP/TP/NP ellipsis negative replies, in that the former give raise to a strong/‘neither’ reading, apparently taking narrow scope below a phonologically suppressed conjunction, but the latter allow for a weak/‘not both’ reading in compliance with one component of De Morgan’s laws (i.e., NOT (X ∩/AND Y) <==> NOT X ∪/OR NOT Y). We propose that the contrast between V-stranding and other types of ellipsis in negation-conjunction interaction stems from the difference in the availability of an ellipsis-licensing functional head. When this head is available to a VP/TP/NP ellipsis negative reply, it serves as a proxy for the antecedent of an elided phrase, thereby being in the scope of the negation. By contrast, since such a head is not available to a V-stranding negative reply, the negation on it is scopally restricted to the main verb, precluding its interaction with the following phonologically suppressed conjunction. This accounts for a strong/ ‘neither’ reading where the implicit conjunction is kept intact by the negation.

목차

1. Introduction

2. V-stranding vs. Stripping vs. Ellipsis

3. Proposal : V-stranding vs. Ellipsis in General

4. A Summary and Conclusion

References

키워드

V-stranding VP ellipsis conjunction negation strong/‘neither’ reading