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Publication details [#29717]

Lobeck, Anne. 1993. Strong agreement and identification: Evidence from ellipsis in English. Linguistics 31 (5) : 777–811.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agreement | ellipsis | pronominalization

Language as a subject

English | French | German | Malay

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0024-3949

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper argues that ellipted categories in English are empty pronominals licensed and identified by a head specified for strong agreement, and explains several ellipsis patterns. Examples from ellipsis patterns in French, German and Malay support the account.