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ellipsis

vr.tr.ellipsis · ACT.PRC

Let an agent explain linguistic ellipsis and its types, relay theories and cross-linguistic patterns from syntax and discourse sources with attribution, describe zero pronominalisation, and distinguish ellipsis from the punctuation mark, from the ellipse, from anaphora and from pro-drop parameters generally.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain linguistic ellipsis and its types, relay theories and cross-linguistic patterns from syntax and discourse sources with attribution, describe zero pronominalisation, and distinguish ellipsis from the punctuation mark, from the ellipse, from anaphora and from pro-drop parameters generally.

In linguistics, the omission of words that are recoverable from context, as in verb phrase ellipsis, gapping, sluicing and noun phrase ellipsis, including zero pronominalisation, where a pronoun is left unexpressed, as in pro-drop languages such as Japanese and Spanish; the registry classes ellipsis under derivation, but it is a syntactic and discourse phenomenon, and the punctuation mark ellipsis and the geometric ellipse are different senses.

What it is for: Not applicable; a linguistic phenomenon.

It can be explain types; relay theories; describe zero pronominalisation; distinguish related senses.

Distinguishing features

Omission

Recoverable meaning

Several types

Cross-linguistic

What it looks like

Not a visible object; missing but understood words.

Physical character

VP ellipsis example: She can swim, and he can too note

sluicing example: Someone called, but I do not know who note

registry parent: derivation, arguably misfiled note

How it is recognised

Omission of recoverable words

VP ellipsis, gapping, sluicing, NP ellipsis, zero pronominalisation

The punctuation mark is typographic; the ellipse is a curve; anaphora uses pronouns; pro-drop is a language parameter

Related models

is a kind of - in linguistics

syntactic phenomenon

is classed under - in registry terms, arguably misfiled

derivation

is related to -

pro-drop language

is distinct from -

ellipsis (punctuation)

In practice

Families and kinds

verb phrase ellipsis

gapping

sluicing

noun phrase ellipsis

zero pronominalisation and null arguments

discourse ellipsis in conversation

Standards and regulation

No regulation

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing senses of ellipsis

Presenting one syntactic theory as settled

Registry parent derivation misfiled

Also called

zero pronominalization

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What ellipsis is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is linguistic ellipsis, and how does it differ from the punctuation mark, the ellipse, anaphora and pro-drop? definition
  2. Is the question about syntax, discourse, a language or another sense? boundary

Types

Types.

Types

Types.

  1. What are VP ellipsis, gapping, sluicing, NP ellipsis and zero pronominalisation? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Theory Theory.

Attribution.

Syntax

Syntactic accounts.

Syntax

Syntax.

  1. How do deletion and interpretive accounts explain ellipsis, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Semantics

Meaning recovery.

Semantics

Semantics.

  1. How do listeners recover elided meaning? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Languages Cross-linguistic patterns.

Sources.

Pro-drop

Null arguments.

Pro-drop

Pro-drop.

  1. How do Japanese, Spanish and Chinese leave pronouns unexpressed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits pro-drop language? action

Computation

Computational linguistics.

Computation

Computation.

  1. How do NLP systems resolve ellipsis? provenance
  2. Which entry fits natural language processing? action
Context Other senses.

Context.

Punctuation

Punctuation mark.

Punctuation

Punctuation.

  1. What is the ellipsis punctuation mark, and where is it covered? provenance
  2. Which entry fits ellipsis (punctuation)? action

Rhetoric

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric

Rhetoric.

  1. How is ellipsis used as a rhetorical figure? provenance
  2. Which entry fits figure of speech? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should sluicing and gapping be separate primary entries?
  • How should linguistics sources be linked?
  • The registry parent derivation appears misfiled; should it be reviewed?
Draft as JSON