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What part of the sentence is typically omitted in nominal ellipsis?
The head noun (in nominal ellipsis).
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What is the main communicative function of ellipsis?
Its function is to avoid repetition and maintain cohesion and economy in language.
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Analyze the function of ellipsis in: “She went to the party, and he didn’t.”
"didn’t" implies "go to the party"
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Which are the types of ellipsis that are non dependant on the linguistic context? Give examples
Situational ellipsis, ex: "(Have you) finished?" and structural ellipsis, ex: "I believe (that) you're right"
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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star
Double points!
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fairy
Take points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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lifesaver
Give 10 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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fairy
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thief
Give points!
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Which are three types of ellipsis according to their position in the sentence?
Initial, medial and final ellipsis
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What is one exercise to help students practice recognizing ellipsis?
Provide a dialogue and ask students to fill in the omitted parts.
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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fairy
Take points!
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thief
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What is situational ellipsis?
Omissions that depend on the situation, not just grammar.
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What are some teaching strategies to help students recognize ellipsis?
Use cloze tests, sentence-completion tasks, and comparative structures.
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banana
Go to last place!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gift
Win 25 points!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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What elements can be ommitted in the adverbial finite clauses?
Whole predication, subject complement only (except when the verb in the subordinate clause is other than be), adverbial only, lexical verb only
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What part is omitted in verbal ellipsis?
The verb or auxiliary (in verbal ellipsis).
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Give an example of ellipsis in a coordinated clause.
I have washed the dishes and dried them
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What type of ellipsis can you see here? "We wanted fried fish, but they gave us grilled (fish)"
Ellipsis of head of noun phrase in co-ordinated clauses with anaphoric reference
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