Abstract
This article explores within the Minimalist framework the distribution of strict readings of reflexives in VP-ellipsis: the strict readings are disfavored when a reflexive appears in a coargument position of a predicate and the two elliptically related clauses are coordinated. This fact is shown to be predictable by a modified version of Fox's (1995) theory which assumes that some form of Parallelism premised on PF-deletion of a VP requires parallel feature-checking. Economy considerations also play a decisive role in this framework. Further, the article suggests a way of solving some quantifier-scope phenomena that would not fall out under Fox's theory.
