Abstract: It is common knowledge that ellipsis constitutes a widespread and rather interesting grammatical device, with the help of which speakers intend to ensure the coherence of their ideas by omitting certain grammatical elements. Although many views on the essence and variety of types of ellipsis have been expressed by linguists, researchers in the sphere of grammar and linguistics still fail to reach a consensus on these particular issues and continue to study the topic under consideration whilst putting forward new ideas. It is, however, crucial that English learners develop a sufficient understanding of ellipsis in general and in particular of verbal phase ellipsis (VPE) as one of the characteristic grammatical phenomena in the English language, as this knowledge could substantially improve their grammatical competence. This research paper thus focuses on the discussion of what VPE is, how it functions within the sentence, and what types of verbal elliptical phenomena are known.
Keywords: ellipsis, verbal phrase ellipsis, VPE, VP-ellipsis, meaning, preform, coherence.
Title: Verb Group Ellipsis in English
Author: Hanaa Salem Hamad Al-Majren
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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