This article explores within the Minimalist framework the distribution of strict readings of reflexives in VP-ellipsis: the strict readings are disfavored when a reflexive appears in a coargument position of a predicate and the two elliptically re...
The purpose of this article is to elucidate the nature of scope-marking questions in Hindi-Urdu. Chomsky (1993) proposes within a minimalist program that a wh-operator cross-linguistically moves in overt syntax. Based on this proposal, we claim th...
An r-expression embedded within an NP, when fronted to a sentence-initial position, cannot be coreferential with the matrix subject. Such disjoint reference, however, disappears or becomes considerably weakened when the antecedent of the r-express...