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Author ORCID Identifier
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
Recommended Citation
Erschler, David, "Typology of bizarre ellipsis varieties" (2018). Doctoral Dissertations. 1337.
https://doi.org/10.7275/12727484
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1337