On phonologically null verbs: Go and beyond

The paper discusses the phenomenon of null verbs and provides evidence for three different null verbs in Slovenian. We argue that what looks like a V°-less structure with a modal taking a PP complement is best analyzed as containing a null V° Go; we thus add Go to FEEL-LIKE, discussed in Marušič and Žaucer (2004, 2005), and to the more widely acknowledged HAVE. Further, we argue that null verbs do not need any formal licensing (contra van Riemsdijk 2002); however, a recoverability condition mandates that they should co-occur with some elements that will signal their presence and thus make them recoverable.