This paper offers a comprehensive and uniform theory of island repair in clausal ellipsis (sluicing and fragments). We show that the correct generalization defines the repairing and the nonrepairing types of TP ellipsis in terms of contrastivity: TP e ...

This paper offers a comprehensive and uniform theory of island repair in clausal ellipsis (sluicing and fragments). We show that the correct generalization defines the repairing and the nonrepairing types of TP ellipsis in terms of contrastivity: TP ellipsis with contrastive remnants does not repair islands, whereas TP ellipsis with noncontrastive remnants does. Contrary to the influential account of Merchant (), we base our explanation for the island sensitivity of contrastive fragments entirely on the notion of Parallelism. The island insensitivity of noncontrastive remnants, on the other hand, follows from the island node being deleted at PF. With this we simplify the theory of islands, and, by treating the different types of clausal ellipsis on a par, we move away from the construction-specific study of ellipsis that has characterized syntactic theorizing for the last forty years.

(출처: Wiley Online Library,
https://doi.org/10.1111/synt.12018)

1 Introduction: Clausal Ellipsis and Island Repair
1.1 Merchant's Theory of Island Repair (Merchant 2004, 2008)
1.2 Problems with Merchant's Theory of Island Repair
2 Clausal Ellipsis and Island Repair: The Role of Contrast
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1 Introduction: Clausal Ellipsis and Island Repair
1.1 Merchant's Theory of Island Repair (Merchant 2004, 2008)
1.2 Problems with Merchant's Theory of Island Repair
2 Clausal Ellipsis and Island Repair: The Role of Contrast
2.1 Contrastive and Noncontrastive Fragments in Clausal Ellipsis
2.2 The Role of Contrastivity in Island Repair
3 The Role of Parallelism in Island Repair
3.1 Parallelism in Noncontrastive Fragments
3.2 Parallelism in Contrastive Fragments
3.3 The Mechanism of Island Repair in Noncontrastive Fragments
4 Consequences for the Derivation of Remnants
4.1 Deriving English Declarative Fragments
4.2 The Absence of Syntactic Isomorphism between the Ellipsis Site and Its Antecedent Clause
5 Summary
Notes

(출처: Wiley Online Library,
https://doi.org/10.1111/synt.12018)