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Focus constraints on ellipsis - an unalternatives account

Author(s) -

Muriel Assmann,

Daniel Büring,

Izabela Jordanoska,

Max Prüller

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

zas papers in linguistics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1435-9588

DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.60.2018.457

Subject(s) - ellipsis (linguistics) , focus (optics) , generalization , semantics (computer science) , computer science , linguistics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , programming language , mathematics , philosophy , physics , optics , mathematical analysis

This paper presents a new account of the generalization that focused elements cannotbe elided, framed within Unalternative Semantics, a framework that does away with syntacticF-marking. We propose the mirror image of the generalization: what is elided cannot introducealternatives. We implement this as a focus restriction in UAS and then go on to show howto account for MAXELIDE effects using the same technique, without making reference to anytransderivational constraints.Keywords: focus, ellipsis, alternative semantics, unalternative semantics, MaxElide, secondaryfocus.

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