A Study of Ellipsis and Elision in English
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Ellipsis & elision are widespread phenomenon in English. Using ellipsis in spoken and written forms denotes mastery of the language whether in native or non-native language .Elision, on the other hand , shows how some sounds in connected speech can be omitted.
This research presents a study of ellipsis and elision . It introduces some definitions of ellipsis and elision and its value in English language besides other subjects that are related with the title of the research.
Section one is the introduction . Section two deals with ellipsis and an exclusive attempt to deal with ellipsis in embedded structures, concepts of ellipsis according to traditional, structural and transformational view . While section three deals with elision, its definition ,historic elision in English and its types . Section four is the conclusions followed by bibliography.
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