Ellipsis and focus in generative grammar
By: by Susanne Winkler.
Series: Studies in generative grammar ;; 81
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9783110186017
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis.; Focus (Linguistics); Generative grammar.
Description: "Covering linguistic research on empty categories from over more than three decades, this monograph presents the results 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.