Malagasy sluicing and its consequences for the identity requirement on ellipsis

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 577-613

  Potsdam, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ellipsis licensing; Malagasy; Predicate fronting; Pseudocleft; Sluicing; Wh questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549079531     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-006-9015-4     Document Type: Article

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