Linguistics Seminar: Masaya Yoshida (Northwestern)
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Department of Linguistics
- Location
- FLB 1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge
- Date
- Apr 10, 2023 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Speaker
- Masaya Yoshida, Associate Professor (Northwestern University)
- Contact
- Sofya Styrina
- styrina2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 70
Talk title: There is something missing in NP and Moving in DP
Abstract: This study investigates a curious Adjective-Prepositional Phrase sequence (the A-PP string) found in coordination contexts. Investigations into the distribution of this A-PP string reveal that the A-PP string is possible only in coordination contexts and is restricted to cases where N undergoes across-the-board (ATB) movement. We point out that the distribution of the A-PP string is like that of Gapping observed in the verbal domain. Thus, we argue that the A-PP string is an instance of Gapping in the nominal domain, and that Gapping-like strings can be produced by ATB-movement derivation. Based on this data from the nominal domain, we make an argument supporting the ATB-movement derivation of Gapping broadly.