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Sluicing : cross-linguistic perspectives /

This volume expands our current understanding of the ways in which languages allow for ellipsis of the sluicing type to occur, and shows how sluicing constructions reveal important information about the general architecture of grammar.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Merchant, Jason, Simpson, Andrew, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 38.
Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Ellipsis.
Linguistics.
Ellipse (Linguistique)
Linguistique.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Ellipsis
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This volume expands our current understanding of the ways in which languages allow for ellipsis of the sluicing type to occur, and shows how sluicing constructions reveal important information about the general architecture of grammar.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-284) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191642036
0191642037
0191741132
9780191741135
1283656698
9781283656696