Right Node Raising in an Indexed PSG

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the analysis of Right Node Raising (RNR) constructions in English. These constructions have special properties which cannot be handled effectively with traditional mechanisms, regardless of whether some kind of displacement is assumed to be involved or not. Here I propose a GPSG-style analysis of RNR under the Indexed Phrase Structure Grammar (IPSG) framework of Chae (1992). The basic idea behind this analysis of RNR is that the factor remains in the second conjunct and the gap in the first conjunct is licensed by this factor.