Stripping vs VP-Ellipsis in Catalan
| hal.structure.identifier | Linguistic signs, grammar and meaning: computational logic for natural language [SIGNES] | |
| dc.contributor.author | BUSQUETS, Joan | |
| dc.date.created | 2005-07 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-07 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | In the tradition of Generative Grammar, several authors have explained the impossibility of vp-Ellipsis for Romance Languages following the hypothesis that vp-Ellipsis in these languages is not licensed by the head of infl as it is in English. It has been pointed out that in French, for instance, vp-Ellipsis is expressed by Stripping. The idea that Romance languages show tp-Ellipsis or tp-Deletion has emerged recently. In this paper we will demonstrate that concerning Catalan, three related constructions, namely Stripping, negative-contrasting constructions and tp-Ellipsis are independent and clearly specified. This evidence will come from the analysis of the so-called information packaging. We will argue that there are two different interpretative processes. On the one hand, Stripping and negative-contrasting constructions are under the control of focus by means of parallel foci in the former, and contrastive foci in the latter. On the other hand, tp-Ellipsis contructions are not constrained by the information packaging, although this notion might help to disambiguate the target in certain cases. Finally we propose a unified analysis of the so-called polarity particles as proforms, that is expressions whose function is to select the appropriate antecedent in the cases we are concerned here. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject.en | COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS | |
| dc.subject.en | LOGIC | |
| dc.subject.en | VP-ELLIPSIS | |
| dc.subject.en | STRIPPING | |
| dc.subject.en | FOCUS | |
| dc.title.en | Stripping vs VP-Ellipsis in Catalan | |
| dc.type | Rapport | |
| dc.subject.hal | Informatique [cs]/Autre [cs.OH] | |
| bordeaux.page | 21 | |
| bordeaux.type.institution | INRIA | |
| hal.identifier | inria-00070392 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//inria-00070392v1 | |
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