CONTENTS
Series Foreword = xiii
Preface = xv
Acknowledgments = xvii
Chapter 1 An Overview = 1
1.1 Economy and Scope (Chapters 2-3) = 2
1.2 Economy and Variable Binding (Chapter 4) = 5
1.3 Binding Theory and the Representation of Scope (Chapters 5-6) = 7
1.4 Condition C and Scope Reconstruction (Chapter 5) = 8
1.4.1 The Nature of the Argument = 8
1.4.2 Consequences = 9
1.5 Condition C and Quantifier Raising (Chapter 6) = 11
1.5.1 The Proposal = 11
1.5.2 Consequences = 14
1.6 Condition A and Scope Economy (Chapter 6) = 14
PART Ⅰ Interpretation-Sensitive Economy = 17
Chapter 2 Economy and Scope = 19
2.1 Scope Economy, Quantifier Raising and Quantifier Lowering = 22
2.2 Scope Economy and Parallelism = 29
2.2.1 A Puzzle = 30
2.2.2 Parallelism as a Detector = 31
2.2.3 The Ellipsis Scope Generalization = 35
2.2.3.1 The Ellipsis Scope Generalization and scopal Interactions among Determiner Phrases = 35
2.2.3.2 The Ellipsis Scope Generalization and Quantifier Raising = 44
2.2.3.3 The Ellipsis Scope Generalization and Quantifier Lowering = 46
2.3 Scope Economy and Coordination = 48
2.3.1 The Multidimensional Analysis of Coordination = 49
2.3.2 Scope Economy and Coordination : The Case of Quantifier Raising = 51
2.3.2.1 Setting the Stage = 51
2.3.2.2 Testing the Generalization = 53
2.3.2.3 The Problem of Telescoping = 55
2.3.2.4 Downward-Entailing Operators = 56
2.3.3 Scope Economy and Coordination : The Case of Quantifier Lowering = 58
2.4 The Locality of Quantifier Raising = 62
2.5 Modularity : An Argument in Favor of a Deductive System = 66
2.6 What Is Special about Scope-Shifting Operations ? = 74
Chapter 3 Asymmetries in Ellipsis and the Nature of Accommodation = 77
3.1 Problems with the Account of the Asymmetry in Fox 1995c = 80
3.1.1 The Strict Cycle Condition = 80
3.1.2 The Presupposed Generalization = 82
3.2 An Independent Asymmetry in Parallelism = 84
3.3 The Asymmetry of the Ellipsis Scope Generalization Follows from the Asymmetry in Parallelism = 91
3.4 A Constraint on Accommodation = 97
3.4.1 Evidence for the Constraint on Accommodation = 99
3.4.2 Consequences for the Ellipsis Scope Generalization = 102
3.5 Conclusion = 107
Chapter 4 Economy and Variable Binding = 109
4.1 The Basic Proposal = 113
4.1.1 Rule H = 113
4.1.2 Parallelism = 115
4.1.3 Deriving Dahl's Observation = 117
4.1.4 An Extension = 119
4.1.5 New Predictions = 120
4.2 More on Local and Nonlocal Binding = 120
4.3 When Local and Nonlocal Binding Yield Different Interpretations = 126
4.4 When Local Binding Is Impossible = 130
4.4.1 C-Command = 131
4.4.2 The θ-Criterion = 132
4.5 Rule H and Scope Economy = 133
4.5.1 The Ellipsis Binding Generalization = 134
4.5.2 The Ellipsis Scope Generalization = 135
4.5.3 An Outline of a Unification = 135
4.6 Conclusion = 137
PART Ⅱ Binding Theory and the Representation of Scope = 139
Chapter 5 Condition C and Scope Reconstruction = 141
5.1 Overview = 142
5.2 Semantic versus Syntactic Accounts of Scope Reconstruction = 143
5.2.1 Syntactic Accounts of Scope Reconstruction = 147
5.2.2 Semantic Accounts of Scope Reconstruction = 148
5.2.3 Distinguishing the Two Accounts via Condition C = 149
5.3 A ? -Reconstruction = 150
5.3.1 How many Questions : An Elaboration on Heycock 1995 = 151
5.3.2 Variable Binding : An Elaboration on Lebeaux 1990 = 161
5.3.2.1 The Correlation with Condition C = 162
5.3.2.2 The Multitude of Intermediate Landing Sites = 164
5.3.3 Unselective Binding = 165
5.4 A-Reconstruction = 169
5.5 Ramifications for the Interpretation of Chains = 171
5.6 Conclusion = 171
Chapter 6 Economy and Operator-Variable Formation = 173
6.1 The First Step of the Argument (Chomsky 1993) = 174
6.1.1 Chomsky's Proposal = 175
6.1.2 The Interpretation of A ? -Chains : A Slight Modification = 176
6.2 The Second Step of the Argument (Fox 1995a) = 179
6.3 Fiengo and May's Account = 181
6.4 A Predicted Generalization = 185
6.4.1 Antecedent-Contained-Deletion Constructions That Depend on More Than One Instance of Quantifier Raising = 186
6.4.2 Testing the Predictions = 188
6.5 Scope Reconstruction in A ? -Chains = 189
6.5.1 The Cases Discussed in Chapter 5 = 191
6.5.2 A Case of Partial Reconstruction That Does Not Need to Include the Adjunct = 193
6.6 A Note on the A／ A ? Distinction = 195
6.7 Condition A and Scope, Economy = 196
6.8 Conclusion = 199
References = 201
Name Index = 211
Subject Index = 213
