Matches in UGent Biblio for { ?s ?p A yes/no question fragment (YNQF) is an incomplete sentence that is nonetheless interpreted as a full yes/ no question. I argue that those YNQF are derived from an underlying syntactic structure through a process of deletion. First, I shall adduce evidence for the claim that ellipsis is involved by looking at connectivity effects (Merchant 2004), such as case-matching, binding and control. Next, I will consider the nature of the process of deletion in these fragments. I claim that the deletion in question is phonological in nature. Evidence comes from cases of nonconstituent deletion and contrasts between Dutch and English YNQFs.. }
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- aggregation abstract "A yes/no question fragment (YNQF) is an incomplete sentence that is nonetheless interpreted as a full yes/ no question. I argue that those YNQF are derived from an underlying syntactic structure through a process of deletion. First, I shall adduce evidence for the claim that ellipsis is involved by looking at connectivity effects (Merchant 2004), such as case-matching, binding and control. Next, I will consider the nature of the process of deletion in these fragments. I claim that the deletion in question is phonological in nature. Evidence comes from cases of nonconstituent deletion and contrasts between Dutch and English YNQFs.".