Chapter 2
Silent arguments as elliptic arguments
Article outline
- 2.1Radical pro-drop
- 2.2Pronoun-based approach to radical pro-drop
- 2.2.1Pronominal nature of radical pro-drop and related issues
- 2.2.2Radical pro-drop as null indefinite pronoun
- 2.2.2.1Null bare noun
- 2.2.2.2Null counterpart of English one
- 2.2.3Interim summary
- 2.3Ellipsis-based approach to radical pro-drop
- 2.3.1Verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis and argument ellipsis
- 2.3.2Verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis versus argument ellipsis
- 2.3.2.1Ellipsis of subject
- 2.3.2.2Manner adverb
- 2.3.2.3The verb-identity requirement
- 2.4More arguments for argument ellipsis
- 2.4.1‘Immobile’ element
- 2.4.2Complex predicate and anti-reconstruction
- 2.5Summary of the chapter
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Notes