Ellipsis as obliteration: Evidence from Bengali negative allomorphy
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https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4692Keywords:
allomorphy, negation, ellipsisAbstract
Bengali has two negative markers: ni with perfects, and na everywhere else. When a perfect is elided, however, only the elsewhere form is permissible. Hence, in Bengali, ellipsis bleeds allomorphy. Ellipsis in Bengali is analysed as PF deletion, since differential object marking and quirky case are preserved out of ellipsis sites. Given these facts, this paper argues that in a Distributed Morphology framework, ellipsis in Bengali is implemented as terminal obliteration prior to Vocabulary Insertion. This contrasts with Irish, where it appears stress placement bleeds ellipsis. Some implications for the timing of ellipsis cross-linguistically are discussed.Downloads
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2020-03-23
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Banerjee, Neil. 2020. “Ellipsis As Obliteration: Evidence from Bengali Negative Allomorphy”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 5 (1): 133–143. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4692.