Pseudogapping and ellipsis /
Kirsten Gengel investigates pseudogapping, which, she proposes is one variety of ellipsis in natural language. At the heart of her discussion lies the interaction between focus and deletion. Her novel approach, which draws on new empirical data from many languages, has the potential of unifying seve...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;
47. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Kirsten Gengel investigates pseudogapping, which, she proposes is one variety of ellipsis in natural language. At the heart of her discussion lies the interaction between focus and deletion. Her novel approach, which draws on new empirical data from many languages, has the potential of unifying several elliptical phenomena in generative grammar. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191643118 0191643114 9780191748561 0191748560 |