Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Exploring the interfaces from the perspective of omitted structures 1
4. I. Towards the exploration of PF-deletion accounts
5. Ellipsis and syntactic representation 29
6. Subject-auxiliary inversion in comparatives and PF output constraints 55
7. Antecedent-containment and ellipsis 79
8. Background matching in right node raising constructions 121
9. II. From the computational system to the syntax-semantics interface
10. Merge copy 155
11. Phrase structure paradoxes, movement and ellipsis 177
12. Unpronounced heads in relative clauses 205
13. Variation at the syntax-semantics interface 227
14. III. The semantic component and its connection to focus and discourse structure
15. Ellipsis and the structure of discourse 251
16. Correlate restriction and definiteness effect in ellipsis 263
17. F-marking and specificity in sluicing constructions 301
18. The semantics of Japanese null pronouns and its cross-linguistic implications 321
19. Omission impossible? 341
20. References 367
21. Name index 389
22. Subject index 395