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Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6977-896X

AccessType

Open Access Dissertation

Document Type

dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degree Program

Linguistics

Year Degree Awarded

2018

Month Degree Awarded

September

First Advisor

Kyle Johnson

Second Advisor

Alice Harris

Third Advisor

Ellen Woolford

Fourth Advisor

Jeremy Hartman

Subject Categories

Linguistics | Syntax | Typological Linguistics and Linguistic Diversity

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the typology and analysis of several types of ellipsis that have received little or no attention so far in the literature. The theoretical goal of the dissertation is to propose analyses of sluicing and gapping that will be able to account for cross-linguistic variation in this domain. While the overall approach of the dissertation is typological, a particular focus is made upon data from Russian, Georgian (the South Caucasian language family), as well as Digor and Iron Ossetic (Iranian; Indo-European).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/12727484

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