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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788547703321

Autore

Winkler Susanne <1960->

Titolo

Ellipsis and focus in generative grammar [[electronic resource] /] / by Susanne Winkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2005

ISBN

3-11-089042-9

Descrizione fisica

ix, 295 p. : ill

Collana

Studies in generative grammar ; ; 81

Classificazione

ET 770

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Ellipsis

Focus (Linguistics)

Generative grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-285) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: Ellipsis and focus: An introduction -- Chapter 2: Ellipsis at the interfaces: A proposal -- Chapter 3: VP-anaphora and ellipsis of VP in English and German -- Chapter 4: Gapping: A sideward movement account -- Chapter 5: Conclusion and final remarks -- Notes -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Covering linguistic research on empty categories over more than three decades, this monograph presents the result of an in-depth syntactic and focus-theoretical investigation of ellipsis in generative grammar. The phenomenon of ellipsis most generally refers to the omission of linguistic material, structure and sound. The central aim of this book is to explain on the basis of linguistic theorizing of how it is possible that we understand more than we actually hear. The answer developed throughout this book is that ellipsis is an interface phenomenon which can only be explained on the basis of the complex interaction between syntax, semantics and information structure. Scholars of grammar and cognitive scientists will profit from reading this book.