Missing objects in Hebrew: Argument ellipsis, not VP ellipsis

Idan Landau

doi:10.5334/gjgl.560

Missing objects in Hebrew: Argument ellipsis, not VP ellipsis

Idan Landau

Department of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics

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Abstract

Hebrew is standardly cited as a language exhibiting Verb-stranding VP-ellipsis (VSVPE). Systematic reassessment of the data demonstrates that all the alleged evidence for VSVPE is consistent with Argument Ellipsis (AE); furthermore, there are ample data that are only consistent with AE, and more revealingly, data that can only be explained if VSVPE is unavailable. Finally, the verb preceding the missing object need not match the antecedent verb, falsifying the “Verb Identity Requirement”. The conclusion that Hebrew employs AE (similarly to East Asian languages) but not VSVPE focuses attention both on the typology of AE and on the so-far hidden constraints against VSVPE derivations.

Original language	English
Article number	76
Journal	Glossa
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.560
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Argument ellipsis
Hebrew
Null objects
Verb-stranding VP ellipsis

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Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics

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