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Contrastive Negation, Emphatic do and Left-Edge EllipsisContrastive Negation, Emphatic do and Left-Edge Ellipsis

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Contrastive Negation, Emphatic do and Left-Edge Ellipsis
Authors
박범식JUNG YOONGOO오세랑
Issue Date
2021
Publisher
한국생성문법학회
Keywords
contrastive negation; constituent negation; sentential negation; emphatic do; left-edge ellipsis; coordination; VP-fronting
Citation
생성문법연구, v.31, no.3, pp 451 - 467
Pages
17
Indexed
KCI
Journal Title
생성문법연구
Volume
31
Number
3
Start Page
451
End Page
467
URI
https://scholarworks.gnu.ac.kr/handle/sw.gnu/5158
DOI
10.15860/sigg.31.3.202108.451
ISSN
1225-6048
2713-5454
Abstract
In this paper, we examine contrastive negation of verbal elements in English (e.g. Mary should not praise but denounce John.). As noted by McCawley (1998), when the auxiliary do substitutes for the modal in this example, the verb in the second conjunct must be tense-inflected. However, we observe that with emphatic do, the verb can be in its base form. We argue that the contrast arises because emphatic do (but not non-emphatic do) allows coordination of verbal element. We also argue that the contracted negator n’t invariably functions as sentential negation and thus requires tense-inflection on the verb in the second conjunct (e.g. Mary didn’t praise but denounced John.). In contrast, the uncontracted negator not can function as either constituent or sentential negation, giving rise to structural ambiguity. We further contend that the identical form surfaces through the process of Left-Edge Ellipsis.
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