{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-ellipsis-9780192865045","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Ellipsis","description":"This \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and balanced discussion of ellipsis phenomena, whereby the meaning of an utterance is richer than would be expected based solely on its linguistic form. Natural language abounds in these apparently incomplete expressions, such as \u003cem\u003eI laughed but Ed didn't\u003c\/em\u003e, in which the final portion of the sentence, the verb 'laugh', remains unpronounced but is still understood. The range of phenomena involved raise general and fundamental questions about the workings of grammar, but also constitute a treasure trove of fine-grained points of inter- and intralinguistic variation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume is divided into four parts. In the first, authors examine the role that ellipsis plays and how it is analysed in different theoretical frameworks and linguistic subdisciplines, such as HPSG, construction grammar, inquisitive semantics, and computational linguistics. Chapters in the second part highlight the usefulness of ellipsis as a diagnostic tool for other linguistic phenomena including movement and islands and codeswitching, while part III focuses instead on the types of elliptical constructions found in natural language, such as sluicing, gapping, and null complement anaphora. Finally, the last part of the book contains case studies that investigate elliptical phenomena in a wide variety of languages, including Dutch, Japanese, Persian, and Finnish Sign Language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeroen van Craenenbroeck, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Dutch Linguistics, KU Leuven\u003c\/em\u003e, Tanja Temmerman, \u003cem\u003eAssistant Professor of Dutch Linguistics, Universit? Saint-Louis\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeroen van Craenenbroeck\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Dutch Linguistics at KU Leuven, where he is also vice-president of the Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology (CRISSP). He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Syntax of Ellipsis\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2010) and general editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eLinguistic Variation\u003c\/em\u003e. His research interests include ellipsis (sluicing, swiping, spading, VP-ellipsis), expletives, verb clusters, and the left periphery of the clause. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTanja Temmerman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Dutch Linguistics at Universit? Saint-Louis - Bruxelles (Belgium). She also teaches English and Scientific Research Methodology. She obtained her Ph.D. from Leiden University in 2012 with a dissertation entitled 'Multidominance, ellipsis, and quantifier scope'. Her research focuses principally on (generative) syntax, issues at the syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics interfaces, Dutch dialectology, and comparative Germanic syntax. Specific topics of interest include ellipsis, the internal and external syntax of idioms, phase theory, long distance dependencies, island effects, phrase structure, modals, and negation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865553768722,"sku":"9780192865045","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a28e5f6-1d34-4084-b7af-216938a030aa.jpg?v=1737679228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-ellipsis-9780192865045","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}