Neeleman and Szendrői (2007) advance a hypothesis that radical (or discourse) pro-drop is allowed in languages which exhibit agglutinating pronominal paradigm. This idea is implemented in terms of spell-out rules for (non-)terminal nodes, whose interaction is governed by the Elsewhere Principle. This squib aims to evaluate Neeleman and Szendrői’s account for radical pro-drop by testing the availability of radical pro-drop within the context of adpositional phrases in Korean. I argue that Neeleman and Szendrői’s account, whether modified or not, does not offer an adequate explanation as to why radical pro-drop is banned within adpositional phrases.
1. Introduction
2. Radical pro-drop, Agglutinating Morphology, and Zero Spell-out
3. Radical pro-drop within PP
4. Two Potential Solutions for N&S
5. Concluding Remarks
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