Ellipsis in Arabic and English

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  • Mohammad Al-Khawalda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.3.1.12

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Arabic-English Studies

Abstract

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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Date of Publication

2002-01-01

How to Cite

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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