Pseudogapping in English: a direct interpretation approach.

Keywords: context; inheritance network; pseudogapping; question-under-discussion; VP ellipsis EN context inheritance network pseudogapping question-under-discussion VP ellipsis 457 494 38 09/06/22 20220901 NES 220901 1 Basic properties As illustrated in (1a) and (1b), gapping elides a finite verb in the non-initial conjunct of a coordinate structure while VPE (VP ellipsis) deletes a whole VP after an auxiliary. As we have seen in the analysis of VPE, the auxiliarihood of the head in the construction reflects the simple fact that VPE and pseudogapping are both sensitive to the presence of an auxiliary. (76) HT <table><colgroup><col align="left" /><col align="left" /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>a.</td><td>[[antecedent-VP]] = <italic>x</italic>[go.to(<italic>x</italic>.<italic>st</italic>)]</td></tr><tr><td>b.</td><td>[[antecedent-S]] = [go.to(<italic>k</italic>.<italic>st</italic>)]</td></tr></tbody></table> ht The I pro i in the VPE clause in (75a) will refer to the VP meaning in (76a). Differing from an example where the VP complement is an overt one, in VPE sentences like (62), as noted earlier, the VP complement is realized as a covert I pro i expression. Ever since the pioneering work of [45], many have suggested that ellipsis involves a focus assignment to an expression and further that ellipsis resolution requires certain "parallelism" between the clause including the ellipsis and its antecedent clause (see, among others, [13]; [15]; [16]; [22]; [39]; [48]; [52]; [53]). [Extracted from the article]