The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English

The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English
Authors
Günther, Christine
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781135123925
Date
2012-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
7.51 MB
Lang
en
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This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Gunther 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.