The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English: Structure and Use

by Christine Günther

Overview

This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on the (oft-neglected) parallels between the two. She also examines the use of noun ellipsis with adjectives in order to shed light on this under-researched phenomenon, drawing on data from the British National Corpus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138922761
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/08/2015
Series:	Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christine Günther is Research Associate at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Licensors of Empty Nouns in English: Setting the Scene 3. Inflection, Focus and Partitivity: Previous Accounts of Noun Ellipsis 4. Conditions on Noun Ellipsis in English 5. Adjectival Modifiers in Elliptical Noun Phrases 6. Summary