David Pesetsky
@dpesetsky.bsky.social
linguist
also violinist & violist (for fun)
also violinist & violist (for fun)
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Ingredients of Ellipsis: Silent Head, Silence Extended, and the Uniformity of Silence - lingbuzz/008647
This paper presents a new general proposal concerning the syntax of ellipsis. We argue that phrasal ellipsis is always preceded by, and depends on, some independent process that silences the head of t...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I assume this is an ancient post about the 2018 ICL — from Twitter? The answer: I was very much looking forward to attending and speaking. But shortly before the Congress, my father had a sudden stroke, and my mother had emergency cancer surgery. (Both have since died.) I just could not get away
February 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I assume this is an ancient post about the 2018 ICL — from Twitter? The answer: I was very much looking forward to attending and speaking. But shortly before the Congress, my father had a sudden stroke, and my mother had emergency cancer surgery. (Both have since died.) I just could not get away