(Non-)Ellipses in Dutch, English, and German: The case of because X
In this paper, we offer an analysis of the because X construction as non-elliptical structures. Beside English, Dutch, and German, similar constructions exist in a number of other languages as well. Furthermore, there are also constructions, albeit formally similar and diachronically related to because X, that are ellipses because they can be reconstructed to a non-elliptical state. In our paper, we want to address the question of where and how to draw the line between because X and the elliptical, formally similar constructions of the type. Focusing on the structural differences between ellip... Mehr ...
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Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Schlagwörter: | 871358:Comparative linguistics:topical / 941995:Germanic languages:topical / 999202:Linguistics:topical |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28582688 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.17613/vdc8-g558 |