Bound VPs that need to be
Bound VPs that need to be
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需要绑定的 VP
DOI:
10.1007/bf00628068
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
I. Haik
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作者:
I. Haik
Sentences with antecedent-contained VP-deletion such as (1) raise at least three questions. The first question relates to referential circularity: if the antecedent VP of (1) is compositionally dependent upon the anaphoric element, its interpretation threatens to be circular. Certain facts will show that these circular constructions should be subject to a syntactic condition, rather than a condition on interpretation alone. The second question is to describe the process of interpretation of the missing element. There are two choices: either the missing VP is directly inter preted as denoting what its antecedent itself denotes, or it is interpreted off a level beyond LF-LF'-at which it is syntactically represented as a copy of its antecedent. Then the denotation of its antecedent does not enter into account, only its syntactic form. The second alternative can be tested if the copied VP does not have exactly the same syntactic form as its antecedent. In certain environments, this can happen, and in fact certain grammatical conditions apply non-vacuously to the copied VP, whereas they apply vacuously to the antecedent VP. This constitutes proof that the interpretation of the missing VP is effected from a level at which it is syntactically represented as a copy of its antecedent. Concerning these environments, the question of the formal represen tation of pronouns and anaphors with sloppy readings will be addressed.