Abstract
This chapter focuses on dynamic interpretation, negation, and VP-anaphora. It discusses the Dynamic Montague Grammar formalism (DMG), and its semantic representation language into the analysis of VP-Ellipsis in Catalan language, following Gardent's version and to adapt this approach to those elliptical constructs that interact with the Negative Polarity Operator (NPO). It is generally accepted that VP-Ellipsis is a kind of anaphora. This means that it is necessary to identify those parameters leading to the retrieval of a previously uttered entity because of which the anaphor is interpretable. As for VP-Ellipsis, the process consists of the suppression of the verb and its complements in the ellipsis, leaving no other evidence in the ellipsis clause than an auxiliary verb—in English—and adverbial modifiers—in Catalan. The antecedent clause (a-clause) will in this way modify the interpretation of the ellipsis clause (e-clause); at the same time, the a-clause interpretation will be possible with the help of a property or relationship that seems to be identical to the property or relationship expressed in the e-clause.
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