The Ellipsis of Accusative Direct Objects in Russian, Polish and Czech

This article explores the ellipsis of configurational Accusative direct objects whose antecedents are Accusative or Nominative noun phrases. Ellipsis potential is shown to vary significantly among the three Slavic languages under study, according to the continuum Russian > Polish > Czech. With...

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Published in:Journal of Slavic linguistics 1999-01, Vol.7 (1), p.45-88
Main Author: McShane, Marjorie J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaphora
Coordinate systems
Discourse
Ellipsis
Grammatical clauses
Grammatical gender
Pronouns
Syntactical antecedents
Syntactics
Verbs
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Summary:This article explores the ellipsis of configurational Accusative direct objects whose antecedents are Accusative or Nominative noun phrases. Ellipsis potential is shown to vary significantly among the three Slavic languages under study, according to the continuum Russian > Polish > Czech. Within each language, however, patterns of ellipsis are largely predictable based on the interaction of syntactic, lexico-semantic, and discourse factors.
ISSN:1068-2090
1543-0391