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On the Syntax of Missing Objects: A study with special reference to English, Polish, and Hungarian
Marta Ruda
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 244] 2017
► pp. 3–25

Chapter 1
Missing objects in English, Polish, and Hungarian

Developing a theoretical analysis

Article outline
  • 1.1Modelling missing objects: Previous approaches
    • 1.1.1Structures with missing objects are unergative
    • 1.1.2Missing objects are null variables bound by a null topic
    • 1.1.3Missing objects are null pronouns linked to a projection in the left periphery
    • 1.1.4Missing objects are pro
    • 1.1.5Missing objects are deleted full NPs/DPs
    • 1.1.6Missing objects are inside deleted VPs in verb-standing VP ellipsis
    • 1.1.7Missing objects are the feature complex {[D], [φ]} or {[φ]}
    • 1.1.8Missing objects are null bare nouns
    • 1.1.9Missing objects are represented by the nominal categorial feature
  • 1.2Lexical encoding of object drop
  • 1.3Present analysis: Conclusions from the data
  • 1.4Present analysis: Basic assumptions
  • Notes