Predicate Clefts in LFG

[Andrew Koontz-Garboden]

Hi, Seth.  I have nothing terribly substantive to contribute,
unfortunately, just a quick question about the proposal you outlined,
perhaps due to my misunderstanding/misreading.

> "gap"; there is no "verbal trace".  VP has no "pronominal elements" at
> all; thus, for verbs, this feature seeks out only full Vs.

Do you not regard the english 'do so' as a VP pronominal element?
E.g.,

(1)  	a.  Kim ate the cake, and Sandy did so too.
	b.  Kim gave Sandy a book, and Pat did so too.
	etc...

Perhaps there's some literature I'm unfamiliar with arguing against the (I
thought standard view) that it is a VP pronoun of some sort?  Or, is the
claim/empirical observation that in languages that have predicate clefts,
there is nothing like the English 'do so', which perhaps forces them to
use the verb itself instead?  Or, were you restricting the discussion to
"silent" VP pronominal elements?

Just curious,

Andrew