Adjectival Inflection and the Licensing of Empty Categories in DP  

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Kester, Ellen-Petra

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Linguistics (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST & JSTOR) vol. 32 no. 1 (Mar. 1996), page 57-78.
Fulltext: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 57-78.pdf (466.75KB)

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This paper is about the licensing conditions on empty categories in DP, dealing in particular with the distribution of the null noun pro in adjectival contexts. I will show that N-pro is submitted to requirements of formal licensing and identification, in which inflexional morphology plays a crucial role. Under this scenario, the contrast between English and other languages with respect to N-pro can be attributed to the absence versus presence of inflexional morphology within the nominal domain. It will be argued that the adjectival morphology we find in languages other than English actually corresponds to three different phenomena. Whereas certain morphemes are regular spell-outs of adjectival agreement, others must be regarded as special inflexional endings surfacing for reasons of formal licensing and/or identification.

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