Ellipsis: PF-Deletion, LF-Copying, and Proforms
Channel: Greg Kobele
Date: 2022-05-27

In this video, I present a proform theory of ellipsis which is able to account for the syntax sensitivity of various elliptical constructions.  I illustrate its use on voice (mis-)matching in VPE, and in code-switching.

0:00 Introduction
0:41 Voice (Mis-)matches in VPE
3:38 The problem, and its resolution
8:23 Derivations
36:16 Approaches to Ellipsis
42:09 The shape of antecedents
46:24 From PF-deletion to LF-copying
51:54 Internal vs External Syntactic Structure
57:26 From LF-copying to Proform
1:01:35 Example with typed ellipsis site
1:06:44 Accounting for voice (mis-)matches in VPE
1:12:37 Accounting for the code-switching ellipsis generalization
1:24:18 Conclusion