Modality and Ellipsis : : Diachronic and Synchronic Evidence / / Remus Gergel.
Aspects of modality and ellipsis have become prominent in theoretical linguistics over the last years. What has remained under-investigated is the fact that modals tend to make excellent ellipsis licensers and, conversely, that many of the naturally occurring cases of ellipsis are licensed by modals...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Modals in the architecture of grammar
- Chapter 3. Towards an account of VP ellipsis
- Chapter 4. Modals and ellipsis in diachronic change
- Chapter 5. Modals and ellipsis in synchrony
- Chapter 6. Conclusion
- Backmatter