The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English Structure and Use

This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on...

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Main Author Gunther, Christine
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2013
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
Subjects
adjectival
Comparison (Grammar)
English language
German language
Grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general
guenther
insertion
König
linguistics
modifiers
Semantics
Syntax
van der auwera
Head Lice
linguistics
adjectival
Prenominal Elements
Silent Noun
guenther
Partitive Construction
van der auwera
ADM
modifiers
Contrastive Focus
Anaphoric Noun Phrase
Noun Phrases
grammar
Richer Inflectional System
License Pro
Singular Demonstratives
Language Specific Differences
Antecedent Noun Phrase
Mass Count Distinction
Taxonomizing Construction
Adjectival Modifiers
Anaphoric Phrase
Nominal Domain
Search String
Empty Noun
Lexical Noun
König
BNC
syntax
insertion
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Summary:This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on the (oft-neglected) parallels between the two. She also examines the use of noun ellipsis with adjectives in order to shed light on this under-researched phenomenon, drawing on data from the British National Corpus.
ISBN:9780415658263
0415658268
9781138922761
1138922765
DOI:10.4324/9780203076194