The Coordinate Structure Constraint in the Specificational Right Dislocation and Its Implications

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of the Coordinate Structure Constraint (CSC) in the Specificational Right Dislocation (SRD) in Korean. Constructing relevant examples are evasive due to some interfering factors. However, we demonstrate that when the factors are controlled for, the SRD invariably exhibits the CSC effect. We suggest that the CSC effect can readily be captured by the ellipsis analysis with the consequence that the violation of the CSC is not repairable by ellipsis (Merchant 2001, Park 2019a). It is also shown that the ellipsis analysis can straightforwardly extend to the context where the SRD is combined with the Gapped RD and the Repetitive RD.