Messick, T. and Thoms, G. (2016) Ellipsis, economy, and the (non)uniformity of traces. Linguistic Inquiry, 47(2), pp. 306-332. (doi: 10.1162/LING_a_00212)
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Abstract
A number of works have attempted to account for the interaction between movement and ellipsis in terms of an economy condition Max- Elide. We show that the elimination of MaxElide leads to an empirically superior account of these interactions. We show that a number of the core effects attributed to MaxElide can be accounted for with a parallelism condition on ellipsis. The remaining cases are then treated with a generalized economy condition that favors shorter derivations over longer ones. The resulting analysis has no need for the ellipsisspecific economy constraint MaxElide.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Thoms, Dr Gary |
| Authors: | Messick, T., and Thoms, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics |
| Journal Name: | Linguistic Inquiry |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press |
| ISSN: | 0024-3892 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1530-9150 |
| Published Online: | 04 May 2016 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| First Published: | First published in Linguistic Inquiry 47(2):306-332 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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