caa a22 4500 47578197X CHVBK 20180406123647.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1006362716348 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1006362716348 Attributive Comparative Deletion [Elektronische Daten] [Christopher Kennedy, Jason Merchant] Comparatives are among the most extensively investigatedconstructions in generative grammar, yet comparativesinvolving attributive adjectives have received a relativelysmall amount of attention. This paper investigates a complexarray of facts in this domain that shows that attributivecomparatives, unlike other comparatives, are well-formed onlyif some type of ellipsis operation applies within thecomparative clause. Incorporating data from English, Polish,Czech, Greek, and Bulgarian, we argue that these facts supporttwo important conclusions. First, violations of Ross's LeftBranch Condition that involve attributive modifiers should notbe accounted for in terms of constraints on LF representations(such as the Empty Category Principle), but rather in terms ofthe principle of Full Interpretation at the PF interface. Second,ellipsis must be analyzed as deletion of syntactic material fromthe phonological representation. In addition, we present newevidence from pseudogapping constructions that favors anarticulated syntax of attributive modification in which certaintypes of attributive modifiers may occur outside DP. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Kennedy Christopher Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2016 Sheridan Road, 60208-4090, Evanston, IL aut Merchant Jason Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2016 Sheridan Road, 60208-4090, Evanston, IL aut Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(2000-02-01), 89-146 0167-806X 18:1<89 2000 18 11049 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006362716348 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006362716348 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kennedy Christopher Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2016 Sheridan Road, 60208-4090, Evanston, IL aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Merchant Jason Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2016 Sheridan Road, 60208-4090, Evanston, IL aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(2000-02-01), 89-146 0167-806X 18:1<89 2000 18 11049 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer