22ND COMPARATIVE GERMANIC SYNTAX WORKSHOP – JUNE 7 & 8, 2007 – STUTTGART UNIVERSITY        Norbert Corver & Marjo van Koppen norbert.corver@let.uu.nl – marjo.vankoppen@let.uu.nl University of Utrecht/UiL-OTS 1 Introduction  Goals of the talk • Show that there are 3 types of dialects when it comes to NP-ellipsis with possessive remnants. • Provide a unified analysis of NP-ellipsis with possessive remnants in these 3 types of Dutch dialects.  Empirical domain • NP-ellipsis with just a possessive pronoun as remnant (1) a. Zijn taarten zijn lekkerder dan de mijne ___ his cakes are tastier than the mine ‘His cakes are tastier than mine.’ [standard Dutch] • NP-ellipsis with an XP-possessor and a possessive pronoun as remnant (2) (Over auto’s gesproken / Talking about cars) ik vein Teun de zinnen ___ echt geweldig I find Teun the his really great ‘I find Teun’s really great.’ [Asten Dutch]  Outline 2 Data and generalizations 2.1 Ellipsis with possessive pronouns as remnants: 2 types of dialects 2.2 Ellipsis with XP-possessors as remnants: 3 types of dialects 2.3 Summary 3 Microvariation with possessive remnants: an analysis 3.1 Prerequisite of the analysis: gender agreement 3.2 Asten Dutch vs. standard Dutch 3.3 Hindeloopen Dutch and Ouddorp Dutch 3.4 A residual problem: Katwijk Dutch 3.5 Summary 4 Conclusions: a typology of ellipsis with possessive remnants in Dutch dialects