Ellipsis in Arabic and English
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Arabic-English StudiesAbstract
The term ellipsis, broadly construed, applies to syntactic structures that seem to host obligatory positions not filled with overt lexical materiaL More narrowly construed, the term refers to a hypothetical grammatical process that deprives lexical material of its phonetic content. So, ellipsis is a grammatical omission in contrast to other kinds of omission such as phonological, morphological, or semantic (Quirk, 1985: 883). Ellipsis can be distinguished by its recoverable nature, which means the insertion of grammatical elements results in a grammatical sentence (ibid., 885). .
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2002-01-01
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Al-Khawalda, M. (2002). Ellipsis in Arabic and English. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 3(1), 183–199. https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.3.1.12
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