- Title
- The search for V-stranding VP ellipsis in isiXhosa
- Creator
- Ma, Xiujie
- Creator
- Simango, Silvester R
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2023
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/469267
- Identifier
- vital:77226
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2136222
- Description
- It has been argued that V-stranding VP ellipsis exists in Bantu languages such as Kiswahili, Ndendeule, Chingoni, Kikuyu and Shingazidja. In the derivation, the verb moves to I0 in a tensed clause and thus survives VP ellipsis. However, through an examination of the components of a VP and their syntactic positions, we demonstrate that isiXhosa does not have V-stranding VP ellipsis. The article shows that VP-internal constituents – including object DPs, VP-internal adverbials and locative arguments – are prohibited from being elided and that the constituents that can be deleted are actually dislocated to a VP-external position before VPE takes place. We further examine the reasons why isiXhosa does not have V-stranding VP ellipsis and find that in the conjoint form the Immediately After Verb (IAV) constituent receives a focus reading, whereas in the disjoint form, it is the verb that receives a focus reading, which suggests that the VP does not comply with the e-GIVENNESS condition. We also explore the properties of the missing object and conclude that the missing object DP is a consequence of PF-deletion.
- Format
- 21 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Southern African linguistics and applied language studies
- Relation
- Ma, X. and Simango, S.R., 2023. The search for V-stranding VP ellipsis in isiXhosa. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 41(3), pp.315-335
- Relation
- Southern African linguistics and applied language studies volume 41 number 3 315 335 2023 1727-9461
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