A Theory of Ellipsis

Marjorie Mcshane Presents A Comprehensive Theory Of Ellipsis That Supports The Formal, Cross-linguistic Description Of Elliptical Phenomena Taking Into Account The Various Factors That Affect The Use Of Ellipsis. A Methodology Is Suggested For Creating A Parameter Space For Describing And Treating Ellipsis In Any Language. Such Ellipsis Profiles Of Languages Will Serve A Wide Range Of Practical Applications, Including But Not Limited To Natural Language Processing. In Contrast To Earlier Work, This Theory Focuses Not Only On What Can, In Principle, Be Elided But In What Circumstances A Given Category Actually Would Or Would Not Be Elided - That Is, What Renders Ellipsis Mandatory Or Infelicitous.--jacket. 1. Getting Started -- 2. Object Ellipsis : Preliminaries -- 3. Direct Object Ellipsis With A Like Antecedent -- 4. Direct Object Ellipsis With A Nominative Antecedent -- 5. Direct Object Ellipsis With An Oblique Antecedent -- 6. Elided Lexically Case-marked Objects -- 7. Unexpressed Objects That Do Not Or May Not Represent Syntactic Ellipsis -- 8. Head Noun Ellipsis ... Or Not? -- 9. Verbal Ellipsis With One Licensor -- 10. Verbal Ellipsis With A Combination Of Licensors -- 11. Ellipsis Of Minor Parts Of Speech -- 12. Dependencies In Ellipsis : A Polish Case Study -- 13. More Elliptical Phenomena. Marjorie J. Mcshane. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 243-251) And Index.