Chapter 3
The silent syntax of silent arguments
Article outline
- 3.1Diagnosing anaphora
- 3.2Overt extraction out of Japanese null arguments
- 3.2.1Long-distance scrambling
- 3.2.2Pseudoraising and raising-to-object
- 3.2.3PP left-branch extraction
- 3.2.4Interim summary
- 3.3Covert extraction out of Japanese null arguments
- 3.3.1Null operator movement
- 3.3.2Quantifier raising
- 3.3.3Covert possessor raising
- 3.3.3.1Inalienable possessor raising
- 3.3.3.2Possessor raising idiom
- 3.4Summary of the chapter and implications for pro and verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis
- Appendix: Overt clausal proform soo ‘so’
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Notes