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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 |
| Sumario: | 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. The book concentrates on the syntax of the modal auxiliaries with special focus on English and investigates the grammatical relationship with the process of ellipsis that interacts most relevantly with the modals in grammaticalized fashion by including a special emphasis on verb-phrase ellipsis. Af. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110213362 3110213362 1282425897 9781282425897 |
| ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |