THE APPEARANCE AND ANALYSIS OF CLAUSAL ELLIPSIS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES
Keywords:
Clausal ellipsis, sluicing, zero anaphoraAbstract
This article discusses clausal ellipsis, a type of ellipsis in language. Ellipsis often results in concise and realistic responses. In everyday life, people frequently use short phrases or words instead of complete sentences. Since verbs in Uzbek are conjugated according to the subject, it is easy to omit the pronoun (For example, saying Keldim already implies Men keldim — “I came”). In English, one cannot say just Came; one must say I came. However, in informal speech, English also allows subject omission in certain cases, such as Seen Tom lately? instead of Have you seen Tom lately? — a phenomenon we will explore further in the context of situational ellipsis. Thus, clausal ellipsis is a pragmatic feature found in both languages. The difference is that it is grammatically easier in Uzbek (since verb forms reflect the subject), while in English it is mostly allowed through pragmatic conventions (i.e., only in informal contexts).
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