Ellipsis (linguistics)

As ellipse (Greek ἔλλειψις élleipsis " absence ", " cutout ", " omission " ) is called the omission of parts of sentences, but also the sets of omissions.

Elliptical omissions can be reconstructed with the help of linguistic or situational context. In the linguistic analysis of the ellipse exuberant phrases are often marked with square brackets. In the example, " Karl travels to Italy, William [ goes ] to the North Sea " is the elliptical sentence: Karl travels to Italy, William to the North Sea. The word travels was omitted, but it can be omitted no other word.

A strict definition requires for the ellipse, that it can be faithfully reconstructed from the linguistic context.

Ellipses are commonly found in spoken language. You can gradually be after conventionalize or entrenched phrases.

Ellipses as a stylistic device

Ellipses as a linguistic stylistic devices ( figure of speech ) used by sentences are formed by the omission of words or parts of sentences grammatically " incomplete ". Through the artifice of the sentence ellipses attempts in the literature to achieve a haunting effect and highlight important. Thus one finds ellipses in many headlines or headlines again, which are formed with sentence ellipses or short sentences, such as: " structured Dresdner Frauenkirche ". Sometimes the result is reminiscent of the telegraphic style, eg in short information: "Weather mostly sunny, no rain ". In dramas and novels, the ellipse is also used to mimic the everyday language. Ellipses can also cause the text reads faster to convey, for example hassle. Another reason for using this style means is that sentences are memorable, unique and therefore better to carry on this way. A particularly popular fad is actually illegal, abbreviated combination of verb and object, mainly as a slogan / Claim in PR ( "We Are Church ", " We are Airport " ) or the public media ( "I can Kanzler" " We are Pope " ) occurs and is now passed into everyday parlance.

For this reason, set ellipses in linguistics and cognitive psychology a paradigmatic object of study, such as the adequate understanding and interpretability of fragmentary information is possible.

Examples

  • Me nothing you nothing.
  • The sooner the farewell [ is ], the shorter [ is ] the agony
  • Not you, [ but ] I!
  • [ The ] end [ is ] good, everything [ is ] good!
  • What [ is ] now?
  • What [ is ] that?
  • [ I wish you ] Good morning!
  • [ I ask you ] sorry!
  • [ Do you want ] Anything else?
  • [ Track ] Another person without a ticket?
  • Without [ a ] If and [ without ] But.
  • Only [ is ] the work, then [ comes ] the pleasure.
  • Who [ is ] there?
  • It struck my heart, to horse ( from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Welcome and Farewell, 1789).
  • You want to ... probably not!
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