Spanish modal ellipsis is not null complement anaphora

A Multi-Modal Analysis of Anaphora and Ellipsis

Sameness, Ellipsis and Anaphora

We compare explicit assertions of sameness with analogous elliptical and anaphoric expressions, and find striking differences in their interpretation. We account for those differences with a two part proposal: first, we propose that same is additive, similar to too. Second, same must take scope over a containing event-denoting expression. We give evidence that the scope-taking of same is subjec...

Fragmenting Meaning: Clarification Ellipsis and Nominal Anaphora

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Anaphora and Ellipsis in Type-Logical Grammar

The aim of the present paper is to outline a unified account of anaphoricity and ellipsis phenomena within the framework of Type Logical Categorial Grammar.1 There is at least one conceptual and one empirical reason to pursue such a goal. Firstly, both phenomena are characterized by the fact that they re-use semantic resources that are also used elsewhere. Secondly, they show a striking similar...

Resolving Complement Anaphora

In a quantified expression, the possibility of referring to the set-theoretical difference of restrictor and scope is known as complement anaphora (CA). Existing literature suggests two ways of analyzing this phenomenon either as confusion with reference to the maximal set, or as genuine complement reference. This paper will show that resolving an anaphor to the complement set is never a viable...