Article outline

• 6.1Phonological deletion
• 6.2Deletion through movement
• 6.3Semantic identity and structural licensing restrictions
• 6.4Recoverability of deletion
  • 6.4.1The original principle
  • 6.4.2Expanded use of the principle – recoverability in context
  • 6.4.3Strategies for identification
• 6.5Shortcomings of the recoverability condition
  • 6.5.1Expletive subjects and copula verbs
  • 6.5.2Structural licensing
• 6.6Processing discourse ellipses
• Notes