The Syntax of Silence: Sluicing, Islands, and the Theory of Ellipsis - Couverture rigide

Merchant, Jason

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199243735 ISBN 13 : 9780199243730

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jason Merchant is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, and is the author of many articles on ellipsis and sluicing in particular. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has been a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University and an NWO postdoctoral fellow at the University of Groningen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0199243735
• ISBN 13: 9780199243730
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible