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The Syntax of Silence: Sluicing, Islands, and the Theory of Ellipsis - Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics Merchant, Jason (, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago)
The Syntax of Silence: Sluicing, Islands, and the Theory of Ellipsis - Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Merchant, Jason (, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago)
This work focuses on the form of ellipsis known as sluicing, a feature of interrogative clauses, such as in "Sally's out hunting - guess what!"; and "Someone called, but I can't tell you who". The phenomenon is studied across 24 languages to try to explain it in linguistic and behavioural terms.
278 pages, 17 figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 16, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199243730 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 242 × 20 mm · 587 g |
| Language | English |