The Syntax of Silence : Sluicing, Islands, and the Theory of Ellipsis
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
ISBN-10
0199243735
ISBN-13
9780199243730
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 16th, 2001
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
556 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.20 x 2.00 cms
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etcGrammar, syntax & morphologyTranslation & interpretation
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This work focuses on the form of ellipsis known as sluicing, a feature of interrogative clauses, such as in "Sally's out hunting - guess what!"; and "Someone called, but I can't tell you who". The phenomenon is studied across 24 languages to try to explain it in linguistic and behavioural terms.
A primary goal of contemporary theoretical linguistics is to develop a theory of the correspondence between sound (or gesture) and meaning. This sound-meaning correspondence breaks down completely in the case of ellipsis, and yet various forms of ellipsis are pervasive in natural language: words and phrases which should be in the linguistic signal go missing. How this should be possible is the focus of Jason Merchant''s investigation. He focuses on the form of ellipsis known as sluicing, a common feature of interrogative clauses, such as in ''Sally''s out hunting - guess what!''; and ''Someone called, but I can''t tell you who''. It is the most frequently found cross-linguistic form of ellipsis. Dr Merchant studies the phenomenon across twenty-four languages, and attempts to explain it in linguistic and behavioural terms.
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