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What is the problem with elliptical sentences?
What is the problem with elliptical sentences?
- They are too short
- They are too long
- They are difficult to understand (correct)
- They are not used in everyday communication
How do different linguists solve the problem of elliptical sentences?
How do different linguists solve the problem of elliptical sentences?
- In the same way
- By creating new grammar rules
- By ignoring them
- In different ways (correct)
What is H. Kruisinga's concept regarding elliptical sentences?
What is H. Kruisinga's concept regarding elliptical sentences?
- Elliptical sentences are not important
- Any noun used to call a person may be looked upon as a sentence (correct)
- Elliptical sentences are always one-member sentences
- Elliptical sentences are always two-member sentences
How does L. Barkhudarov classify sentences like 'Вечер' and 'Утро'?
How does L. Barkhudarov classify sentences like 'Вечер' and 'Утро'?
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What is the classification of elliptical sentences based on?
What is the classification of elliptical sentences based on?
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What kind of sentences are often used in everyday communication?
What kind of sentences are often used in everyday communication?
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What do omissions in sentences do?
What do omissions in sentences do?
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The Problem of Elliptical Sentences
- Elliptical sentences are a difficult problem in syntax.
- Different linguists solve the problem in different ways.
- H. Kruisinga's concept states that any noun used to call a person may be looked upon as a sentence.
- L. Barkhudarov considers sentences like "Вечер" and "Утро" as two-member sentences.
- M. Blokh's conception is close to Barkhudarov's.
- The classification of elliptical sentences can be based on their explication.
- There are two kinds of explication: syntagmatically restored and paradigmatically restored.
- One-member sentences are often used in everyday communication.
- Omissions must be said to effect connection between sentences.
- Grammarians recognize the existence of two-member, one-member, and elliptical sentences.
- The overwhelming majority of sentences are two-member ones.
- Any unit of any language is interdependent with the other units of the language.
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