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Linglib.Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis

VP Ellipsis: Empirical Data #

@cite{anand-mccloskey-2025} @cite{merchant-2013}

Theory-neutral data on VP ellipsis, focusing on voice mismatch tolerance.

VP ellipsis differs from sluicing in tolerating voice mismatches. This asymmetry is explained by @cite{anand-hardt-mccloskey-2021}: VP ellipsis requires only semantic identity (e-GIVENness), while sluicing requires both semantic and syntactic identity (SIC).

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structure Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.VPEDatum :
Type

A VP ellipsis datum: a sentence with VP ellipsis and its properties.

  • sentence : String

    The surface sentence with ellipsis

  • antecedent : String

    Description of the antecedent VP

  • ellipsisSite : String

    Description of the ellipsis site VP

  • grammatical : Bool

    Is the sentence grammatical?

  • notes : String

    Notes on the example

  • source : String

    Source reference

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    instance Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.instReprVPEDatum :
    Repr VPEDatum
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    def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.instReprVPEDatum.repr :
    VPEDatum → Nat → Std.Format
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      def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.activeThenPassive :
      VPEDatum

      Active antecedent → passive ellipsis site (grammatical under VPE).

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        def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.passiveThenActive :
        VPEDatum

        Passive antecedent → active ellipsis site (grammatical under VPE).

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          def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.activeBaseline :
          VPEDatum

          Same voice: active → active (grammatical, baseline).

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            def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.sluicingContrast :
            VPEDatum

            Contrastive note: sluicing blocks voice mismatches that VPE allows.

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              def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.allExamples :
              List VPEDatum

              All VP ellipsis examples.

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                def Phenomena.Ellipsis.VPEllipsis.voiceMismatchExamples :
                List VPEDatum

                Voice mismatch examples (grammatical under VPE).

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