Reassessing the existence of verb-stranding vP-ellipsis in Brazilian Portuguese

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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2022.v18n1a55452

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verb-stranding vP-ellipsis, Brazilian Portuguese, ellipsis

Abstract

Previous studies of vP-ellipsis in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) have claimed that BP permits verb-stranding vP-ellipsis (VVPE), a variant of vP-ellipsis in which the lexical verb raises out of the elliptical vP, thereby stranding the ellipsis site. The present study revisits this claim and argues that BP does not, in fact, permit VVPE. The argument against the existence of VVPE presented in this article proceeds in two steps. First, existing arguments in support of the claim that BP has VVPE are reassessed and shown to be unconvincing. Second, it is argued that VVPE overgenerates, thus calling into question the claim that BP has VVPE.

Author Biography

Ezekiel Joseph Panitz, University of São Paulo (USP)

Obteve o título de bacharel em música pela Berklee College of Music (2005), mestre em linguística pela Harvard University (2010), Trinity College Dublin (2011) e University College London (2012) e doutor em linguística pela University College London (2018). Trabalha com sintaxe gerativa. Desenvolve pesquisa sobre elipse argumental e sobre ilhas sintácticas.
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2022-04-23

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022): Studies in theory of grammar

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