Anaphoric One and NP-Ellipsis

Traditional accounts take anaphoric one to be a pro‐form appearing instead of a full noun (Jackendoff 1977, Ross 1967, and Hornstein & Lightfoot 1981, among others). I propose that one is a phonological support for the number morpheme in the DP, which is inserted in cases of NP‐ellipsis in the h...

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Published in:Studia linguistica 2002-04, Vol.56 (1), p.59-89
Main Author: Llombart-Huesca, Amàlia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Descriptive studies and applied theories
Linguistics
Syntax
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Summary:Traditional accounts take anaphoric one to be a pro‐form appearing instead of a full noun (Jackendoff 1977, Ross 1967, and Hornstein & Lightfoot 1981, among others). I propose that one is a phonological support for the number morpheme in the DP, which is inserted in cases of NP‐ellipsis in the head of the Number projection when the conditions that would enable to license an empty Num° are not available. I also argue that the conditions currently assumed to license non‐referential empty categories in the NP‐ellipsis construction can be reduced to conditions licensing empty functional heads in the DP system.
ISSN:0039-3193
1467-9582
DOI:10.1111/1467-9582.00087