The Even Yearbook 10 (2012)

volume: 10 (2012)
pages: 1–25
author: Júlia Bácskai-Atkári
title: Reducing Attributive Comparative Deletion
keywords: Comparative Deletion, Attributive Comparative Deletion, VP-ellipsis, attributive modification
abstract: The present paper focuses on the phenomenon of Attributive Comparative Deletion as attested in English and aims at providing an explanation for it by showing that it is not a special process in itself but rather a result of the interaction of more general rules. Hence the cross-linguistic differences with respect to Attributive Comparative Deletion can be derived from certain parametric differences. As will be shown, Attributive Comparative Deletion is in fact Comparative Deletion, which seems to be special only because VP-ellipsis also plays a role in the derivation of the final structure. This will cast light upon why English may exhibit Attributive Comparative Deletion, while Hungarian and German cannot: Hungarian lacks Comparative Deletion and German does not have VP-ellipsis in the way English has it.
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@article{even12ba,
  author  = {Júlia Bácskai-Atkári},
  title   = {Reducing {A}ttributive {C}omparative {D}eletion},
  year    = 2012,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 10,
  pages   = {1–25},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/12ba}
}
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Bácskai-Atkári, Júlia. 2012. Reducing Attributive Comparative Deletion. The Even Yearbook 10: 1–25. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/12ba