Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?

Using English data, I show that Head Movement Constraint violations cannot be repaired by deletion and compare this result with cases of salvation and non-salvation by ellipsis from previous literature. I then consider two possible sources for this lack of repair. The first is to take the Head Movem...

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Main Author: Gesoel Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2020-10-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/73519
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spelling doaj-b938d7b5ef8046708067e1aa830edf392020-11-25T04:08:55ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro 0101-48462175-80262020-10-0173310.5007/2175-8026.2020v73n3p12760482Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?Gesoel Mendes0University of MarylandUsing English data, I show that Head Movement Constraint violations cannot be repaired by deletion and compare this result with cases of salvation and non-salvation by ellipsis from previous literature. I then consider two possible sources for this lack of repair. The first is to take the Head Movement Constraint as a derivational constraint, and the second is to assimilate it into the Empty Category Principle (Chomsky 1986). https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/73519Head Movement ConstraintRepair by EllipsisDerivational ConstraintsRepresentational Constraints
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Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
Ilha do Desterro
Head Movement Constraint
Repair by Ellipsis
Derivational Constraints
Representational Constraints
author_facet Gesoel Mendes
author_sort Gesoel Mendes
title Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
title_short Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
title_full Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
title_fullStr Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
title_full_unstemmed Does ellipsis repair Head Movement constraint violations?
title_sort does ellipsis repair head movement constraint violations?
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Ilha do Desterro
issn 0101-4846
2175-8026
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Using English data, I show that Head Movement Constraint violations cannot be repaired by deletion and compare this result with cases of salvation and non-salvation by ellipsis from previous literature. I then consider two possible sources for this lack of repair. The first is to take the Head Movement Constraint as a derivational constraint, and the second is to assimilate it into the Empty Category Principle (Chomsky 1986). 
topic Head Movement Constraint
Repair by Ellipsis
Derivational Constraints
Representational Constraints
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/73519
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