Subject ellipsis in embedded clauses in English

Article Article scientifique Article Subject ellipsis in embedded clauses in English eng 1999 author Haegeman-De Pauw Liliane 22062 author Ihsane Tabea 0000-0002-6261-1283 88014 117-145 10.1017/S1360674399000155 1360-6743 This paper examines subject omission in English finite clauses. Contrary to what is claimed in Haegeman (1997), it is shown that embedded subject omission is attested in diary-style register. These data pose a problem for the theory of empty categories in the 'Principles and Parameters' framework. The main body of the paper describes the contexts in which subjects of embedded finite clauses are omitted. No syntactic constraints have been identified. Based on the observation that the omission of embedded subjects coincides with pronoun omission of reflexives, we tentatively suggest that in specific registers pronoun ellipsis is licensed by a specifier-head relation with a head carrying agreement features. Subject omission Diaries Abbreviated registers Embedded clauses English Empty categories Omission of reflexives Pronoun ellipsis Dewey 410 82 Département de linguistique 39 false English Language and Linguistics 3 1 11440e4f-8310-463d-9d45-118a140aca7a Article (Published version) Restricted HaegemanIhsane1999.pdf 1057498 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté des lettres / Département de linguistique

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