Syntax of Elliptical and Discontinuous Nominals

OF THE THESIS Syntax of Elliptical and Discontinuous Nominals by Dimitrios Ntelitheos Master of Arts in Linguistics University of California, Los Angeles, 2003 Professor Hilda Koopman, Chair This thesis proposes a new analysis of two superficially different phenomena – nominal ellipsis and discontinuous DPs. I adopt an analysis of nominal ellipsis that reduces ellipsis to movement followed by phonological deletion. Following an idea first presented in Johnson (2001), I assume that nominal ellipsis proceeds through NPtopicalization. If this is on the right track then it seems that phonological deletion targets elements that have moved to some sort of discourse related projection, usually a topic phrase. NP-topicalization is followed by remnant-movement of the projection carrying the modifier to a focus projection. Both of these discourse-related projections of Topic and Focus are assumed to be located in the left periphery of the nominal domain. I provide support for this nominal left-peripheral region from the distribution of DP-internal elements in Greek and cross-linguistically. Similar

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