1st Edition
Mind The Gap Ellipsis and Stylistic Variation in Spoken and Written English
By Peter Wilson
Copyright 2000
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is, in fact, full of gaps, because speakers and writers operate in contexts which allow bits of language to be understood rather than expressed. This book systematically analyses this inherent gappiness of language, known as ellipsis, and provides an account... Read more
Introduction
PART I: THE FORMS OF ELLIPSIS
1. What is ellipsis?
2. What isn't ellipsis
3. The linguistic context
4. The situational context
5. Telegraphic Ellipsis
6. Coordination Reduction
7. The rough guide to gaps
PART II: THE STYLISTIC EFFECTS OF ELLIPSIS
8. Style and stylistics
9. Speech styles and ellipsis
10. Sports Commentary
11. Dramatizing Dialogue
12. The conative turn
13. Narrative voices, narrative gaps
14. Ellipsis and compression in poetry
15. Conclusion
Bibliography
PART I: THE FORMS OF ELLIPSIS
1. What is ellipsis?
2. What isn't ellipsis
3. The linguistic context
4. The situational context
5. Telegraphic Ellipsis
6. Coordination Reduction
7. The rough guide to gaps
PART II: THE STYLISTIC EFFECTS OF ELLIPSIS
8. Style and stylistics
9. Speech styles and ellipsis
10. Sports Commentary
11. Dramatizing Dialogue
12. The conative turn
13. Narrative voices, narrative gaps
14. Ellipsis and compression in poetry
15. Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Wilson, Peter
