Mind the gap : ellipsis and stylistic variation in spoken and written English

著者

• Wilson, Peter Lamborn

書誌事項

Mind the gap : ellipsis and stylistic variation in spoken and written English

Peter Wilson

（Textual explorations）

Longman, 2000

• : csd
• : ppr

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: ppr ISBN 9780582356795

内容説明

We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is, in fact, full of gaps, because speakers and writers operate in contexts which allow bits of language to be understood rather than expressed. This book systematically analyses this inherent gappiness of language, known as ellipsis, and provides an account of the different contexts, both linguistic and situational, which affect its use. Peter Wilson draws on a wide variety of examples of spoken and written English, and both literary and non-literary to present a comprehensive classification of elliptical language that ranges from the conversational fragment and the advertisement to the dialogue of Shakespeare and imagist poetry. Mind the Gap shows how ellipsis is a feature of major structural and stylistic importance to our understanding of spoken and written language, and will be of interest to undergraduate students of linguistics, literature, communication and the interrelations between them..

目次

Introduction PART I: THE FORMS OF ELLIPSIS 1. What is ellipsis? 2. What isn't ellipsis 3. The linguistic context 4. The situational context 5. Telegraphic Ellipsis 6. Coordination Reduction 7. The rough guide to gaps PART II: THE STYLISTIC EFFECTS OF ELLIPSIS 8. Style and stylistics 9. Speech styles and ellipsis 10. Sports Commentary 11. Dramatizing Dialogue 12. The conative turn 13. Narrative voices, narrative gaps 14. Ellipsis and compression in poetry 15. Conclusion Bibliography

巻冊次

: csd ISBN 9780582356801

内容説明

Examining the gappiness of language technically known as ellipsis, this text provides an account of the different contexts, both linguistic and situational which affect its use.

目次

• Part 1 The forms of ellipsis: what is ellipsis?
• what isn't ellipsis
• the linguistic context
• the situational context
• telegraphic ellipsis
• co-ordination reduction. Part 2 The sylistic effects of ellipsis: style and stylistics
• speech styles and ellipsis
• sports commentary
• dramatizing dialogue
• the conative turn
• narrative voices, narrative gaps
• ellipsis and compression in poetry.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA46755924
• ISBN:
  • 0582356806
  • 0582356792
• LCCN: 99059042
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Harlow, England ; Tokyo
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 239 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA33184106