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THE SYNTAX OF SILENCE
SLUICING, ISLANDS, AND THE THEORY OF ELLIPSIS |
| By: |
Jason Merchant |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199243735 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199243730 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 August, 2001 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 1 |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Description: |
The first book-length treatment of the most cross-linguistically widespread form of ellipsis: elliptical wh-questions, known as sluices. Drawing on data from thirty languages, Merchant shows that sluicing structures are crucial to answering the fundamental questions about the nature of ellipsis and its resolution. The author also carefully documents a number of original generalizations concerning form-identity effects and the complementizer system. |
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A primary goal of contemporary theoretical linguistics is to develop a theory of the correspondence between sound (or gesture) and meaning. This sound-meaning correspondence breaks down completely in the case of ellipsis, and yet various forms of ellipsis are pervasive in natural language: words and phrases which should be in the linguistic signal go missing. How this should be possible is the focus of Jason Merchant's investigation. He focuses on the form of ellipsis known as sluicing, a common feature of interrogative clauses, such as in 'Sally's out hunting - guess what!'; and 'Someone called, but I can't tell you who'. It is the most frequently found cross-linguistic form of ellipsis. Dr Merchant studies the phenomenon across twenty-four languages, and attempts to explain it in linguistic and behavioural terms. |
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17 figures |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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