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1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ;
v. 149
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 149.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The Syntactic Licensing of Ellipsis; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations and formats used in examples and glosses; What is ellipsis?; Dutch modal complement ellipsis; Ellipsis licensing; Extending the analysis to other ellipses; Conclusion and issues for further research; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
Summary |
This monograph presents a theory of ellipsis licensing in terms of Agree and applies it to several elliptical phenomena in both English and Dutch. The author makes two main claims: The head selecting the ellipsis site is checked against the head licensing ellipsis in order for ellipsis to occur, and ellipsis - i.e., sending part of the structure to PF for non-pronunciation - occurs as soon as this checking relation is established. At that point, the ellipsis site becomes inaccessible for further syntactic operations. Consequently, this theory explains the limited extraction data displayed by ' |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Aelbrecht, Lobke. Syntactic licensing of ellipsis. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027255327 (DLC) 2009043586 (OCoLC)457772281 |
ISBN |
9789027288653 (electronic book) |
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9027288658 (electronic book) |
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9027255326 |
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9789027255327 |
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9789027255327 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
9786612484957 |
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