UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

SANTA CRUZ

THE SYNTAX OF SILENCE:

SLUICING, ISLANDS, AND IDENTITY IN ELLIPSIS

A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction

of the requirements for the degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

in

LINGUISTICS

by

Jason Merchant

June 1999

The Dissertation of Jason Merchant

is approved:

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Professor James McCloskey, Co-chair

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Professor William Ladusaw, Co-chair

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Professor Sandra Chung

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Dean of Graduate Studies
Copyright © by

Jason Merchant

1999