The problems of linguistic analysis of elliptical sentences in modern english

Jurayeva , Hilola, Eshonkulov, Ravshan

Innovation science and technologiy · 2025-yil

Annotatsiya

This article examines in depth the enduring challenges associated with the linguistic analysis of elliptical sentencesin Modern English, giving particular attention to definitional ambiguity, licensing conditions, representational models ofmissing structure, corpus-observed variation, and the interplay of syntax, semantics and pragmatics in real discourse.Drawing from leading theoretical proposals (e.g., Jason Merchant [1], Paul Culicover [2], Ann Lobeck [3]), I propose andapply a mixed methodology that combines typological classification, syntactic diagnostics, and distributional corpusanalysisto distinguish major ellipsis types (including VP-ellipsis, sluicing, gapping, stripping, fragment answers) and totest competing accounts of their licensing (identity/subset structural accounts, silent-syntax approaches, interpretationbasedor discourse licensing accounts). Results drawn from targeted corpus searches and new constructed examplesdemonstrate (i) that strict structural identity accounts fail to capture many conversational ellipses where semantic orpragmatic equivalence, not full syntactic parallelism, appears to license omission; (ii) that syntactic reconstruction (silentsyntax) approaches encounter empirical counter-examples in mismatch contexts (e.g., number/gender mismatches) andthus require additional constraints; and (iii) that interpretation-driven accounts (which emphasise discourse salience,parallelism, and processing economy) afford better coverage of spontaneous fragment and spoken ellipses, but requirea sharper formal mechanism to satisfy compositional semantics. The discussion synthesises these findings withconclusions advanced by Merchant [1], Culicover [2] and others, arguing in favour of a hybrid framework that preservesformal constraints while integrating discourse and processing considerations; it closes with recommendations for futureresearch—particularly more fine-grained corpus annotation, psycholinguistic verification of interpretive preferences, andformal work to reconcile dynamic semantics with minimal syntactic representations.

Maqola ma’lumotlari
MualliflarJurayeva , Hilola, Eshonkulov, Ravshan
JurnalInnovation science and technologiy
NashriyotТошкент давлат иқтисодиёт университети
Nashr sanasi2025-11-01
Jild1
Son11
TilIngliz
DOI10.5281/zenodo.17672117
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-08-26

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17672117 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

Kalit so‘zlar

Ellipsis; Elliptical Sentences; Linguistic Analysis; Syntax; Pragmatics; Cohesion; Contextual Meaning; Sentence Structure; Omission; Modern English Grammar; Implicit Communication; Structural Reduction; Functional Linguistics; Semantic Interpretation; Discourse Analysis

Iqtibos keltirish

APAJurayeva , Hilola, & Eshonkulov, Ravshan (2025). THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH. Innovation science and technologiy, 1(11). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17672117
GOST (OAK)Jurayeva , Hilola, Eshonkulov, Ravshan THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH // Innovation science and technologiy. – 2025. – T. 1, № 11. – DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17672117.
MLAJurayeva , Hilola, and Eshonkulov, Ravshan. “THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH.” Innovation science and technologiy, 1(11), 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17672117
ChicagoJurayeva , Hilola, and Eshonkulov, Ravshan. “THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH.” Innovation science and technologiy, 1(11) (2025). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17672117
HarvardJurayeva , Hilola, and Eshonkulov, Ravshan (2025) ‘THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH’, Innovation science and technologiy, 1(11). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17672117
BibTeX
@article{jurayevahilola2025,
  title = {THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN MODERN ENGLISH},
  author = {Jurayeva , Hilola and Eshonkulov, Ravshan},
  journal = {Innovation science and technologiy},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {1},
  number = {11},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17672117},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17672117}
}

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