@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004384, author = {Moriyama, Kazushige}, journal = {ICUWPL}, month = {Aug}, note = {Overt wh-movement is irrelevant to licensing Japanese PGs. Rather, Japanese PGs should be analyzed by the argument ellipsis strategy, following Takahashi (2006). This paper has shown that instances of covert wh-movement lead to eliminating Takahashi’s (2006) generalization. Their slight awkwardness is triggered by backward ellipsis which is also responsible for their structural ambiguity and co-reference. If the present proposal is on the right track, Japanese does not have PGs. Theoretical explanations of backward ellipsis remain to be fully explored in the future.}, pages = {49--58}, title = {Parasitic Gaps as Backward Argument Ellipsis}, volume = {2}, year = {2017} }