This book presents a comprehensive theory of ellipsis that supports the formal, cross-linguistic description of elliptical phenomena. In contrast to earlier work, this study focuses on the interconnected factors that determine whether ellipsis should or should not be used in a given context.

Marjorie J. McShaneResearch Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County

"The book is equipped with the richest examples of the relevant phenomena that I have ever seen...the parameters-and-values approach has provided us with a bird's eye view towards the description of the licensing condition for ellipsis--instead of a (more traditional) worm's one. ...quite clear and pleasant to read...the book will be of great benefit to theoretical linguists, computational linguists, field/descriptive linguists and anyone who is interested in ellipsis in Slavic languages. ... This book has made a great contribution to the theoretical and computational study of ellipsis."--Linguist List 16.2485 |k No