Modality and ellipsis : diachronic and synchronic evidence /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2009.
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Colección: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
202. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Modals and ellipsis in the architecture of grammar
- 3. Towards an account of VP ellipsis
- 4. Modals and ellipsis in diachronic change
- 5. Modals and ellipsis in synchrony
- 6. Conclusion
- References
- Index.