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Gapping

In linguistics, gapping is a type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures. Gapping usually omits minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. This material is "gapped" from the non-initial conjuncts of a coordinate structure. Gapping exists in many languages, but by no means in all of…

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Gapping

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples68
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Gapping

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related to References · 49
Gapping → Amsterdam, Analyzing, Bierwisch, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Carnie, Catenae, Chicago, Chicago Press, Deletion, Doctoral Dissertation, English, Garland Publishing, Groß, Hankamer, Hartmann, Heidolph, In, Inc, Interface
related to Theoretical analyses · 7
Gapping → An, Faced, First, In, Ross, The, This
see also · 5
Gapping → Catena, Constituent, Coordination, Dependency, Phrase
related to Basic examples · 3
Gapping → Canonical, In, The
related to Further examples · 3
Gapping → If, Many, While
is a · 1
Gapping → type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures

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ellipsis catena material constituent one elided verb also gap finite structure non-initial conjuncts coordinate gapped stripping examples syntax analysis linguistic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gappingis atype of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures0.90text
Gappingrelated to Basic examplesCanonical0.60section
Gappingrelated to Basic examplesThe0.60section
Gappingrelated to Basic examplesIn0.60section
Gappingrelated to Further examplesWhile0.60section
Gappingrelated to Further examplesMany0.60section
Gappingrelated to Further examplesIf0.60section
Gappingrelated to ReferencesCarnie0.60section
Gappingrelated to ReferencesSyntax0.60section
Gappingrelated to ReferencesMalden0.60section
Gappingrelated to ReferencesMA0.60section
Gappingrelated to ReferencesWiley-Blackwell0.60section

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