Lecture
The Semantics of Ellipsis in Persian Complex Predicates
- Date
- Thursday 15 November 2018
- Time
- Location
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P.N. van Eyckhof 3
P.N. van Eyckhof 3
2311 BV Leiden - Room
- 0.02
Abstract
The study of Ellipsis has been of special interest to scholars of linguistics. One reason for this interest is the fact that the meaning of a sentence with ellipsis cannot purely be based on its antecedent. This talk intends to discuss ellipsis in Persian Complex predicate constructions in which parts of the verbal construction along with some of its arguments are elided. I will argue that ellipsis resolution in such constructions is licensed due to the logical form of such verbal constructions and the relationship that holds amongst parallel elements in the source and the target sentence. Finally, I will discuss how distinguishing between primary and secondary occurrences of anaphoric expressions in the logical form can account for the correct and grammatical reading of intended anaphoric expressions in elliptical sites.
Drinks
Drinks will take place afterwards at Café de Keyzer.