L714 Ellipsis in Syntax (3 cr: Section # 9871)

Instructor:    Yoshihisa Kitagawa  (kitagawa@indiana.edu / 5-0041)
Time:          Friday 9:30-12:00am  (May be rescheduled)
Classroom:     SE 009

We will explore the LF syntax of ellipsis and anaphora in English,
Japanese, Korean, and other languages, taking into consideration some
aspects of prosody, information structure and economy.

If time permits, we will extend the investigation to quantifier float
as well. At least one class presentation of reading materials and a
term project(either class presentation or short term paper) will be
required.

Tentative and partial reading list:

Hirschberg, Julia, and Ward, Gregory. 1991. Accent and Bound Anaphora.
Cognitive Linguistics 2:101-121.

Tancredi, Christopher. 1992. Deletion, Deaccenting and Presupposition,
MIT: Doctoral dissertation.

Kim, Soowon. 1999. Sloppy/Strict Identity, Empty Objects, and NP
Ellipsis. Journal of Asian Linguistics 8:255-284.

Kurafuji, Takeo. 1999. Japanese Pronouns in Dynamic Semantics:  The
Null/Overt Contrast, Rutgers University.