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Ellipsis with tože in Russian
Does anyone know literature on ellipsis with tože (тоже) in Russian? I've found papers only on verb-stranding, gapping, and yes/no ellipsis.
Here are some examples:
Я буду решать задачи. Я тоже буду (...
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Dropping repeating pronoun phenomena
Consider this sentence:
"I took the garbage out and read a book "-x
this is short form for:
"I took the garbage out and I read a book"-y
This sentence could naturally appear in a ...
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Is the use of abbreviation and ellipsis as codified as the basic syntax of a language?
I had a style discussion on another SE site. Part of the discussion
boiled down to whether the following sentence is appropriate:
It was a bird. It had a black head and wings with a golden ...
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