Fragments : studies in ellipsis and gapping / edited by Shalom Lappin, Elabbas Benmamoun.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Lappin, Shalom, editor.

Benmamoun, Elabbas, editor.

University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.

Conference Name:

SOAS Ellipsis Workshop (1996 : University of London), contributor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Ellipsis--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays on ellipsis and the related syntactic phenomena of conjunction and gapping. The papers address different perspectives and examine cross-linguistic aspects of ellipsis by comparing possibilities for a given type of elided structure in several languages.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Interactions of Scope and Ellipsis; 2. Ellipsis and Glue Languages; 3. An HPSG Account of Antecedent-Contained Ellipsis; 4. VP Ellipsis and The Minimalist Program: Some Speculations and Proposals; 5. V-Movement and VP Ellipsis; 6. Pseudogapping Puzzles; 7. Gapping, PF Merger, and Patterns of Partial Agreement; 8. Directionality of Movement in Ellipsis Resolution in English and Japanese; 9. VP Ellipsis: Toward a Dynamic, Structural Account; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

All papers except one presented at the SOAS Ellipsis Workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in September 1996.

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772164-8

1-280-47091-7

1-4237-6011-5

0-19-535265-3

1-60256-306-3

OCLC:

171572188