The syntax of predicate ellipsis in Italian sign language

• Carlo Cecchetto ^[3] ; Alessandra Checchetto ^[4] ; Carlo Geraci ^[2] ; Mirko Santoro ^[2] ; Sandro Zucchi ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Milan

     University of Milan

     Milán, Italia

     
  2. [2] Institut Jean Nicod

     Institut Jean Nicod

     París, Francia

     
  3. [3] University of Milano-Bicocca

     University of Milano-Bicocca

     Milán, Italia

     
  4. [4] Ca Foscari University of Venice

     Ca Foscari University of Venice

     Venezia, Italia

     

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• Localización: Lingua: International review of general linguistics, ISSN 0024-3841, Nº 166, 2, 2015, págs. 214-235
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We analyze a hitherto undescribed case of ellipsis in Italian Sign Language (LIS) and show that it has common properties with VP ellipsis in languages like English. For example, the ellipsis site can contain a wh-trace and semantic restrictions on the type of predicate that can be omitted are only derivative. We thus propose a phonological deletion approach for the LIS construction. We also consider the issue of how the content of the ellipsis site is recovered from its linguistic antecedent. We present new arguments for a syntactic identity condition, although a limited number of mismatches between the ellipsis site and its antecedent, notably including vehicle change cases, must be accommodated