The Ellipsis and Hierarchy in NominalsThe Ellipsis and Hierarchy in Nominals
- Other Titles
- The Ellipsis and Hierarchy in Nominals
- Authors
- 김정석
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- 한국생성문법학회
- Keywords
- Cartographic Approach; FocP; nP; Nominal Ellipsis; Nominal Periphery; Cartographic Approach; FocP; nP; Nominal Ellipsis; Nominal Periphery
- Citation
- 생성문법연구, v.19, no.2, pp.239 - 257
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 생성문법연구
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 239
- End Page
- 257
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/121192
- DOI
- 10.15860/sigg.19.2.200905.239
- ISSN
- 1225-6048
- Abstract
- Within the tradition of the so-called cartographic approach to syntax (cf. Rizzi 1997; Cinque 1994, 1999; Ntelitheos 2003, 2004), the fundamental proposition is that a universally ordered set of functional heads (e.g., topic or focus) occupies independent positions with distinct semantic or pragmatic properties. Recent research on the structure of DP assumes the existence of some functional categories within nominals. For example, Ntelitheos (2003, 2004) argues that the parallelism between the clausal and nominal domains extends over the left periphery of CP/DP. In their view, nominals contain a left periphery just as clauses do, and the left peripheral projections are structurally lower than DP, as in [DP D [FocP/TopP Foc/Top [NumP Num [NP N]]]]. To be specific, their ideas are motivated by either the NP-internal morphology of topic or focus, or the DP-internal movement to Spec of TopP or FocP. In this light, this paper explores the nominal periphery of English, based on nominal ellipsis. I argue that focus and contrastivity are necessary conditions for the licensing of nominal ellipsis.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Liberal Arts > Department of English Language and Literature > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/121192)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.