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Advances in Iranian Linguistics
Edited by Richard K. Larson, Sedigheh Moradi and Vida Samiian
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 351] 2020
► pp. 257–274

Chapter 12
Stripping structures with negation in Persian

In this chapter, I introduce two novel Stripping constructions from Persian that occur with negation. I refer to these constructions as Polarity Stripping and Negative Stripping. I argue that they involve clausal coordination, and that in the second coordinate, the entire clause except for a constituent is elided under identity with corresponding parts of the first coordinate. I propose that these constructions involve TP ellipsis, which is licensed by the Pol head that carries an [E] feature (Merchant 2001). I also study another structure, which I refer to as Pseudo-stripping. I argue that even though Pseudo-stripping looks like Polarity Stripping and Negative Stripping, it does not involve ellipsis despite what has been claimed in the literature for English (Kolokonte 2008). I propose that Pseudo-stripping is mono-clausal and is derived via movement.

Keywords: Ellipsis, Polarity Stripping, Negative Stripping, Pseudo-stripping, Persian
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Context of occurrence and interpretation
  • 3.Information structure
  • 4.The nature of negative marker
    • 4.1Either-and neither conjoining test
    • 4.2Adverbs
    • 4.3Focusing adverb
  • 5.Analysis
    • 5.1Analysis of Polarity Stripping and Negative Stripping
    • 5.2Analysis of Pseudo-stripping
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 22 July 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.351.12ras
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