Ellipsis from Different Points of View

Ellipsis from Different Points of View

University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Department of English and American Studies Ellipsis as a Means of Cohesion Thesis Author: Tomáš Varhánek Supervisor: PhDr. Šárka Ježková, PhD. Univerzita Pardubice Fakulta filozofická Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Elipsa jako prostředek koheze Diplomová práce Autor: Tomáš Varhánek Vedoucí: PhDr. Šárka Ježková, PhD. 2007 Acknowledgement: I would like to express sincere gratitude to my supervisor PhDr. Šárka Ježková, PhD. for useful advice and willingness to help whenever it was needed. Abstract The thesis named Ellipsis as a Means of Cohesion consists of two parts, the theoretical part and the analysis, each of them will be divided into several chapters. At the beginning of the theoretical part, basic terms such as cohesion and text will be briefly characterized. Later the main topic of this thesis, ellipsis, will be introduced. The attention will be drawn to both the known types of ellipsis, cohesive and incohesive. Each of the types will be described together with the restrictions applied for them. Towards the end of this thesis, other types of ellipsis which are not cohesive, such as elision and exophoric ellipsis, will be mentioned in brief. The task of the analysis will be to find out which type of ellipsis is preferred in a particular style of a text. For this purpose, two texts have been chosen, one of them a scientific text whereas the other one a conversational one. As a result, the ratio of cohesive and incohesive types of ellipsis in both the texts will be compared. Abstrakt Diplomová práce nazvaná Elipsa jako prostředek koheze se skládá ze dvou částí, teoretické části a analýzy, z nichž každá bude rozdělena do několika kapitol. Na začátku teoretické části budou stručně charakterizovány základní termíny jako koheze a text. Později bude představeno hlavní téma této diplomové práce, elipsa. Pozornost bude věnována oběma známým typům elipsy, kohezní i nekohezní. Každý typ bude představen zároveň s omezeními, která se k němu vztahují. Ke konci této diplomové práce budou stručně zmíněny další typy nekohezních elips jako jsou elize a exoforická elipsa. Úkolem analýzy bude zjistit, který z typů elipsy je preferován v daném stylu. Pro tento účel byly vybrány dva texty, vědecký a konverzační. Jako výsledek bude porovnán poměr kohezních a nekohezních elips v obou typech textu. Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 2. General introduction to ellipsis ..................................................................................... 2 3. Cohesion ........................................................................................................................ 3 3.1. Cohesion and grammatical structure ...................................................................... 4 3.2. Types of textual cohesion....................................................................................... 4 3.2.1. Grammatical cohesion ..................................................................................... 5 3.2.2. Lexical cohesion.............................................................................................. 6 3.3. Cohesion and text ................................................................................................... 6 3.4. Cohesion and coherence ......................................................................................... 7 4. Ellipsis ........................................................................................................................... 9 4.1. Other types of omission ......................................................................................... 9 4.2. Definition of ellipsis ............................................................................................... 9 4.3. Ellipsis and substitution ....................................................................................... 10 4.4. Ellipsis and formality ........................................................................................... 11 5. Cohesive ellipsis ......................................................................................................... 13 5.1. Nominal ellipsis ................................................................................................... 14 5.2. Verbal ellipsis....................................................................................................... 15 5.2.1. Lexical ellipsis .............................................................................................. 17 5.2.2. Operator ellipsis ............................................................................................ 18 5.3. Clausal ellipsis ..................................................................................................... 19 6. Incohesive ellipsis ....................................................................................................... 21 6.1. Criteria for using ellipsis ...................................................................................... 21 6.2. Positional categories of ellipsis ............................................................................ 22 6.3. Types of incohesive ellipsis ................................................................................. 23 6.3.1. Textual ellipsis .............................................................................................. 23 6.3.1.1. Simple and complex ellipsis .................................................................. 24 6.3.2. Textual ellipsis with the focus on the ellipted elements ............................... 25 6.3.2.1. Ellipsis of subject ................................................................................... 25 6.3.2.2. Ellipsis of auxiliary ................................................................................ 26 6.3.2.3. Ellipsis of predicate ................................................................................ 28 6.3.2.4. Ellipsis of direct object........................................................................... 29 6.3.2.5. Ellipsis of subject complement .............................................................. 29 6.3.2.6. Ellipsis of adverbial................................................................................ 30 6.3.3. Structural ellipsis ........................................................................................... 31 6.3.4. Situational ellipsis (elision) ........................................................................... 31 6.3.5. Exophoric ellipsis .......................................................................................... 32 7. Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 34 7.1. Extent of ellipsis ................................................................................................... 35 7.2. Analysis of the scientific text ............................................................................... 35 7.3. Analysis of the conversational text ...................................................................... 37 7.4. Incohesive ellipsis ................................................................................................ 38 7.4.1. Ellipsis of subject .......................................................................................... 38 7.4.2. Ellipsis of auxiliary ....................................................................................... 40 7.4.3. Ellipsis of predicate ....................................................................................... 42 7.4.4. Ellipsis of direct object.................................................................................. 42 7.4.5. Ellipsis of subject complement ..................................................................... 43 7.4.6. Ellipsis of adverbial....................................................................................... 44 7.4.7. Ellipsis of preposition ................................................................................... 44 7.4.8. Ellipsis of noun ............................................................................................. 46 7.4.9. Ellipsis of adjective ....................................................................................... 47 7.4.10. Ellipsis of conjunction ................................................................................ 47 7.4.11. Ellipsis of non-finite structures ................................................................... 48 7.4.12. Ellipsis of determiner .................................................................................. 48 7.5. Structural ellipsis .................................................................................................. 49 7.6. Cohesive ellipsis .................................................................................................. 50 7.6.1. Nominal ellipsis ............................................................................................ 51 7.6.2. Verbal ellipsis................................................................................................ 52 7.6.3. Clausal ellipsis .............................................................................................. 54 8. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 57 9. Resumé .......................................................................................................................

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