A theory of ellipsis / Marjorie J. McShane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McShane, Marjorie Joan, 1967- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Ellipsis.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive theory of ellipsis that supports the formal, cross-linguistic description of elliptical phenomena. In contrast to earlier work, this study focuses on the interconnected factors that determine whether ellipsis should or should not be used in a given context.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Notes about Examples; 1. Getting Started; 2. Object Ellipsis: Preliminaries; 3. Direct Object Ellipsis with a Like Antecedent; 4. Direct Object Ellipsis with a Nominative Antecedent; 5. Direct Object Ellipsis with an Oblique Antecedent; 6. Elided Lexically Case-Marked Objects; 7. Unexpressed Objects That Do Not or May Not Represent Syntactic Ellipsis; 8. Head Noun Ellipsis . . . or Not?; 9. Verbal Ellipsis with One Licensor; 10. Verbal Ellipsis with a Combination of Licensors; 11. Ellipsis of Minor Parts of Speech; 12. Dependencies in Ellipsis: A Polish Case Study

13. More Elliptical PhenomenaNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780190292089

0190292083

9780197722695

0197722695

9781280534591

1280534591

9780195346480

0195346483

9781423722144

1423722140

9781602565319

1602565317

OCLC:

171572605