Chapter 2. Silent arguments as elliptic arguments

Get fulltext from our e-platform

Chapter 2
Silent arguments as elliptic arguments

Published online: 8 May 2020

Article outline

2.1Radical pro-drop
2.2Pronoun-based approach to radical pro-drop
- 2.2.1Pronominal nature of radical pro-drop and related issues
- 2.2.2Radical pro-drop as null indefinite pronoun
  - 2.2.2.1Null bare noun
  - 2.2.2.2Null counterpart of English one
- 2.2.3Interim summary
2.3Ellipsis-based approach to radical pro-drop
- 2.3.1Verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis and argument ellipsis
- 2.3.2Verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis versus argument ellipsis
  - 2.3.2.1Ellipsis of subject
  - 2.3.2.2Manner adverb
  - 2.3.2.3The verb-identity requirement
2.4More arguments for argument ellipsis
- 2.4.1‘Immobile’ element
- 2.4.2Complex predicate and anti-reconstruction
2.5Summary of the chapter
Notes