Abstract
This paper argues for a reanalysis of one of Fiengo and May's eliminative puzzles of ellipsis. Rather than take their judgments at face value, the judgments themselves are re-evaluated and the missing reading is found to be possible in certain discourse contexts. Additionally, the missing reading is shown to be possible in examples in which certain of the pronouns cannot be given a de se interpretation. After setting out a comprehensive paradigm of examples controlling for de se interpretation, I show how this paradigm follows from analyses of pronominal anaphora developed in Tancredi (1997, 2000).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 308-334 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | English Linguistics |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- anaphora
- de se interpretation
- eliminative puzzles
- VP ellipsis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
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De se interpretation and vp ellipsis. / Tancredi, Christopher D.
In: English Linguistics, Vol. 19, No. 2, 01.01.2002, p. 308-334.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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