Semantic Reconstruction and the Interpretation of Chains

Authors

  • E. G. Ruys

Abstract

This paper explains three known constraints on scope reconstruction – reconstruction is blocked into wh-islands, after remnant movement, and after countercyclic merge – by postulating an underlying condition on semantic reconstruction, which follows naturally from minimalist assumptions on chain formation in combination with the principle of compositionality.

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Ruys, E. G. (2019). Semantic Reconstruction and the Interpretation of Chains. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 15, 515–530. Retrieved from https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/396