Modality and ellipsis
Subtitle: diachronic and synchronic evidence
By: by Remus Gergel.
Series: Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs -- 202
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9783110205091
Subjects: English language -- Syntax; English language -- Ellipsis; English language -- Modality; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis; Modality (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: List of abbreviations; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Modals and ellipsis in the architecture of grammar; title: 3. Towards an account of VP ellipsis; title: 4. Modals and ellipsis in diachronic change; title: 5. Modals and ellipsis in synchrony; title: 6. Conclusion; title: References; title: Index.