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Adjectival inflection and the licensing of empty categories in DP1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Ellen-Petra Kester
Ellen-Petra Kester
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Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht University, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: kester@let.ruu.nl
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This paper is about the licensing conditions on empty categories in DP, dealing in particular with the distribution of the null noun pro in adjectival contexts. I will show that N-pro is submitted to requirements of formal licensing and identification, in which inflexional morphology plays a crucial role. Under this scenario, the contrast between English and other languages with respect to N-pro can be attributed to the absence versus presence of inflexional morphology within the nominal domain.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 57 - 78
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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