This chapter surveys a variety of approaches to ellipsis, classifying them by how they answer
the questions of structure ('Is there structure inside ellipsis sites?') and identity ('What kind of …

This paper argues for the need to recognize a new order of syntactic phenomena, and for a
theory of syntax capable of addressing it. Dialogic syntax encompasses the linguistic …

Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents offers a radical shift in the analysis of discourse
anaphora, from a purely pragmatic account to a cognitive account, in terms of processing …

This book covers topics in formal linguistics, intonational phonology, computational
linguistics, and experimental psycholinguistics, presenting them as an integrated theory of …

Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse presents a novel framework and analysis of the
ways we refer to abstract objects in natural language discourse. The book begins with a …

Under what conditions are expressions of a language the same; when are they different?
Indices and Identity focuses on this question in the context of the theory of anaphora and on …

This book elaborates a theory of ellipsis that sheds new light on a well-known phenomenon,
bringing it under the aegis of general and universal principles. Lobeck argues that ellipted …

We investigated the relationship between linguistic representation and memory access by
comparing the processing of two linguistic dependencies that require comprehenders to …

Elided VPs and their antecedent VPs can mismatch in voice, with passive VPs being elided
under apparent identity with active antecedent VPs, and vice versa. Such voice mismatches …

I begin by sketching the role of models in perception and discourse/next I consider
reasoning as a process of manipulating models and then their role as representations of …