Identifying Null Arguments = Sometimes pro, Sometimes Ellipsis

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The paper investigates the identification of the null argument in Korean. Two major approaches are proposed in the literature: ellipsis approach (Kim 1999, Saito 2007,) and pro approach (Hoji 1998, Ahn and Cho 2010, 2012a,b). Bringing a novel set of data, this paper proposes a hybrid approach: both approaches are needed to accomodate the relevant data. Given that pro in general provides wider range of interpretations than ellipsis does, it is not an easy task to show that ellipsis is also available for the null argument. However, this paper argues that certain null argument constructions can be best accounted for by the ellipsis approach, which leads to the conclusion that both approaches should be adopted.