Ellipsis (linguistics) - Less Studied Ellipses

Less Studied Ellipses

Further instances of ellipsis that do not (in a clear way) qualify as any of the ellipsis types listed above:

A: The cat likes Bill. B: Why does the cat like Bill?
What will happen if I miss the deadline? .

With such data in mind, it is apparent that more work on ellipsis needs to be done before any sort of complete inventory of ellipsis mechanisms can be stipulated.

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