Verb Phrase Ellipsis

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
VPE
Pronunciation
/vɜːb freɪz ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. This raises four major questions in our study : ( I ) whether Chinese has verb phrase ellipsis construction analogous to VP ellipsis in English;
  2. Comparing verb phrase ellipsis in English and Chinese, there is generality as well as specialty in both languages.
  3. In Mandarin Chinese, one focus of the researches is on whether the Null Object Construction is a kind of Verb Phrase Ellipsis(VPE).
  4. One example of this is verb phrase ellipsis, in which a verb phrase is elided, its position marked only by an auxiliary verb.
  5. Then we further assume that Chinese has two forms of verb phrase ellipsis in coordinate sentences : one is VP ellipsis involving NOC, and the other is vP ellipsis which is supported by the linking verb shi ' be ' or a modal verb.

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