TP-ellipsis with a polarity particle in multiple-complementizer contexts in Spanish: on topical remnants and focal licensors

This paper investigates TP-ellipsis in Spanish in the context of multiple-complementizer clauses (i.e., … que XP que ellipsis licensor ellipsis site). The paper argues for a standard ΣP-account of TP ellipsis, with the polarity/focal item (e.g., también/tampoco/sí/no) crucially involved in the lice...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Julio Villa-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
Subjects:
ΣP
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/borealis/article/view/3781