Open AccessA Note on the Tension between Silent Elements and Lexical Ambiguity, with Special Reference to Inalienable Possession*
Author(s) -
Richard S. Kayne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arborescences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-5357
DOI - 10.7202/1081891ar
Subject(s) - ambiguity , linguistics , possession (linguistics) , interpretation (philosophy) , syntax , computer science , philosophy
A number of examples of antecedentless deletion are discussed. In each, the presence of silent elements simplifies the interpretation, in the sense that the interpretive component can now read, in a direct way, more off the syntax than it could have in the absence of those silent elements.