The main aim of this article is to argue that Japanese allows verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis (VVPE). For this purpose, I examine data involving null adjuncts, and propose a new generalization about the distribution of null adjuncts, which can easily be accounted for if VVPE is available in Japanese. Furthermore, I demonstrate that null adjunct sentences with overt objects are subject to the same constraint as pseudogapping sentences in English are. Given that pseudogapping is a particular instance of VP-ellipsis (Jayaseelan, in Linguist Anal 20:64–81, 1990; Lasnik, in Papers on minimalist syntax, MIT working papers in linguistics, 1995, Fragments: Studies in ellipsis and gapping, 1999), this strongly suggests that null adjunct sentences involve VP-ellipsis.

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日语中的动词式动词短语省略号

本文的主要目的是争论日语允许动词-动词短语省略号（VVPE）。为此，我检查了涉及空辅助词的数据，并提出了有关空辅助词分布的新概括，如果在日语中提供了VVPE，则可以很容易地对其进行解释。此外，我证明了带有明显对象的空附加句与英语中的伪间隔句受相同的约束。假定伪间隙是VP省略号的一个特殊实例（Jayaseelan，在Linguist Anal 20：64–81，1990； Lasnik，在极简语法论文中，MIT在语言学上的工作论文，1995，Fragments：省略号和省略研究，1999 ），这有力地表明，空附加句涉及VP省略号。