Geary wrote: >>this is what I call an ellipsistical >>(construction) --- fyi, a new work on ellipsis, distributed by LINGUIST: _www.linguist.org_ (http://www.linguist.org) .: ""Ellipsis" investigates a number of elliptical constructions within the framework of the Minimalist Program. It is argued that both the PF-deletion and the pro-theory of ellipsis are needed to account for the full range of elliptical phenomena attested in natural language. One particular case of stranding to the right of a sluiced wh-phrase: prepositions in English (What about?). The phenonemon is given a PF-deletion analysis, which turns out to have considerable repercussions for the structure of the left periphery and the syntax of wh-movement. Specifically, while minimal wh-phrases move from their IP-internal base position to specCP, complex ones are base-generated in the (split) left periphery." It would be interesting to list listers' favorite ellipsistical constructions. Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html