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Force mismatch in clausal ellipsis

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Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 22. August 2023
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Abstract

Recent studies reveal that the values of finiteness, tense, modality and polarity in a clause elided under sluicing may be distinct from their correlates in the antecedent clause. Focusing on CP ellipsis in Hebrew (an instance of Argument Ellipsis), we first demonstrate that it is distinct from both Null Complement Anaphora and (null) pronominalization, and then show that the values of force (declarative, imperative, interrogative) can be distinct between the antecedent and the missing clause as well. Possible mismatches are bidirectional, ruling out “subset” theories of identity in ellipsis and challenging certain accounts of the semantics of polar questions. Implications for the general theory of ellipsis are discussed and evaluated.


Corresponding author: Idan Landau, Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box: 39040, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, E-mail:

Funding source: ISF

Award Identifier / Grant number: 495/20

Acknowledgement

The material in this article has been presented at the linguistics colloquia of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Queen Mary University of London, and Ulster University, at IGG 48 in Florence, GLOW 48 in Vienna and at the “You’re on Mute” web seminar. I am grateful to the audiences in all these venues for their helpful feedback. Thank you also two anonymous TLR reviewers, Jason Merchant, Deniz Rudin, Rajesh Bhatt, Rodrigo Ranero, Klaus Abels and especially Richard Stockwell, for valuable comments on earlier drafts.

  1. Research funding: This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 495/20).

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