Revisiting Particle-Stranding Ellipsis: A Critical Comparison of Two Analyses

This paper presents novel evidence that particle-stranding ellipsis in Japanese is best accounted for by PF-deletion rather than by its theoretical competitor, LF-copying. I begin by examining a central prediction of the LF-copying analysis, which states that overt extraction is categorically ruled...

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Published in:	Languages
Main Author:	Ryuta Ono
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-08-01
Subjects:	syntax ellipsis particle-stranding ellipsis Japanese focus intonation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/9/216