Determiner sharing as an instance of dependent ellipsis

Abstract In English coordinate ellipsis constructions, the determinerof a DP in the second conjunct can sometimes be omitted under identity with the determiner of the corresponding constituent of the first conjunct, a phenomenon known as 'determiner sharing'. Following Williams's (1997) analysis of nonconstituent ellipsis, we argue that determiner sharing involves a two-step elision process: coordinate ellipsis plus a process we term 'dependent ellipsis'. Dependent ellipsis is the process by which a coordinate null head licenses the heads of its direct dependents to be null as well. We show th... Mehr ...