Ellipsis And Nonsentential Speech

The papers in this volume address two main topics: Q1: What is the nature, and especially the scope, of ellipsis in natural language? Q2: What are the linguistic/philosophical implications of what one takes the nature/scope of ellipsis to be? Each of these main topics includes a large sub-part that deals specifically with nonsentential speech. Within the first main topic, Q1, there arises the sub-issue of whether nonsentential speech falls within the scope of ellipsis or not; within the second main topic, Q2, there arises the sub-issue of what linguistic/philosophical implications follow, if nonsentential speech does/does not count as ellipsis. This book is unique in that it offers the reader: - Papers on the boundary between philosophy and linguistics, - Applications of advanced work in theoretical linguistics to traditional philosophical questions, - It is the only volume of papers ever published on sub-sentential speech, - Major contribution to our understanding of ellipsis in natural language, presently a central topic in syntactic theory. This book is of interest to professionals and advanced graduate students in the fields of philosophy of language, semantics, and syntax.Elugardo, Reinaldo is the author of 'Ellipsis And Nonsentential Speech', published 2005 under ISBN 9781402022999 and ISBN 1402022999.